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hotfoot

/hot-foot/US // ˈhɒtˌfʊt //UK // (ˈhɒtˌfʊt) //

热脚,热足,热脚丫,热脚虾

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hot·foots.

    • : a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Informal. to go in great haste; walk or run hurriedly or rapidly: to hotfoot it to the bus stop.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : with great speed in going; in haste.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • A mouthful of this noxious mess and the offender succumbs or hotfoots it to a different plant.

  • Several hours had elapsed since he had entered hotfoot to see her; and the day was beginning to wane.

  • Well for the king that they had no change of steeds, but had ridden hotfoot after him from the battlefield.

  • I have shown merely whither circumstantial evidence leads us when we go hotfoot after a theory.

  • Guessing what had happened, Operator Green dashed out hotfoot in pursuit.

  • Returning hotfoot, she found Finn immovable beside the mouth of the cave, a formidable sentry.