hotfoot

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.

Adj

Moving with haste or zeal.

Adv

Hastily; without delay.

Verb

To run (a distance).

Sinonieme

speed

rush along

race

step on it

rush

hasten

belt along

bucket along

pelt along

cannonball along

hie

hastely

hot-hoof

dash

💨

fast

flash

hastily

hurriedly

perfunctorily

quickly

rashly

whisk

rushedly

Vertalings

à toute vitesse

fluchtartig

rasen

à la hâte

précipitamment

hâtivement

précipiter

hastig

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hot-fot

In summary

From Middle English hot-fot, hot fot, equivalent to hot + foot.