hot footn.

Brit.

/ˌhɒt ˈfʊt/, U.S.

/ˈhɑt ˌfʊt/

Inflections: Plural hotfoots, hotfeet.

Forms: 1800s– hot foot, 1900s– hoot foot (U.S. regional).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hot adj., foot n.

Etymology: < hot adj. + foot n. In sense 2 after hotfoot adv.

†1. In a horse: a case of, or hoof affected by, founder (laminitis). Cf. slightly earlier hot-footed adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1743 H. Bracken Traveller's Pocket-farrier 20 If you view a Horse coolly in his Stall for about five Minutes, you will see his Actions sufficiently with respect to a hot-Foot or Founder.

2. U.S. slang. Prompt or rapid action or movement; a quick escape. Esp. in to do a hot foot (also foots), to give (a person) the hot foot, to come (or go) on the hot foot. Cf. hotfoot adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun]

celerity1483

speediness1530

navity1623

velocitya1674

expeditiousness1708

hot foot1869

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly

scamper1697

decampment1706

helter-skelter1713

scamperinga1774

run1799

leg-bail1808

bolting1820

bolt1831

absquatulation1839

vamosing1862

hot foot1869

1869 Congress. Globe 15 Jan. 389/3 The honorable Senator..admonishes us of the importance of hot-foot in this business, if I may say so, of allowing the testimony to be taken at once.

1897 Appleton's Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 833 To run from a police officer is to do a hot foot.

1903 ‘H. McHugh’ Back to Woods iv. 66 Did somebody give you the hot-foot and make a quick exit?

1905 ‘H. McHugh’ You can search Me iii. 55 If somebody ever steals his hammer he'll be doing hotfoots for the handout.

1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 639/1 I know that th'fly was jerry because he gave me th'once over as I was comin' out and I went on th' hoot-foot... I beat it.

1929 C. F. Coe Hooch! x. 241 You dress an' grab a cab, see? Come down here to Zuroto's on the hot foot.

1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) iii. lxvi. 994 He had given them a little hotfoot and had gone running back into the desert.

3. In early use: a beating on the soles of the feet. Later: a practical joke in which a match is put against the victim's foot and then lit. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the soles of the feet

hot foot1894

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax > of a particular kind

grubbing1679

apple-pie bed1781

booby trap1846

turnip-ghost1863

whoopee cushion1931

hot foot1934

water bomb1947

Chinese fire drill1980

1894 G. Ade Chicago Stories 97 He was getting the ‘hot-foot’. A heavy policeman was pounding the sole of his shoe.

1906 A. H. Lewis Confess. Detective i. iii. 32 I'd become learned in certain mysteries, among others, the ‘hot foot’... Given a man, unconscious by..rum,..you can restore him..by smartly beating the soles of his feet.

1934 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Sept. 84/1 The way you give a hot foot is to sneak up behind some guy..and stick a paper match in his shoe between the sole and the upper along about where his little toe ought to be, and then light the match.

1943 J. Mitchell McSorley's Wonderful Saloon (1946) 18 Drunks reel over from the Bowery and..the kids give them hotfoots with kitchen matches.

1959 Encounter Dec. 30/2 His prose should never be quiet. It must always shock with the hot-foot.

1994 Hypno 3 i. 21/1 We actually gave someone the hot foot like in a Tom and Jerry cartoon. We put lit matches in his foot while he was sleeping.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hot foot
释义	hot footn. Brit. /ˌhɒt ˈfʊt/, U.S. /ˈhɑt ˌfʊt/ Inflections: Plural hotfoots, hotfeet. Forms: 1800s– hot foot, 1900s– hoot foot (U.S. regional). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hot adj., foot n. Etymology: < hot adj. + foot n. In sense 2 after hotfoot adv. †1. In a horse: a case of, or hoof affected by, founder (laminitis). Cf. slightly earlier hot-footed adj. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1743 H. Bracken Traveller's Pocket-farrier 20 If you view a Horse coolly in his Stall for about five Minutes, you will see his Actions sufficiently with respect to a hot-Foot or Founder. 2. U.S. slang. Prompt or rapid action or movement; a quick escape. Esp. in to do a hot foot (also foots), to give (a person) the hot foot, to come (or go) on the hot foot. Cf. hotfoot adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] celerity1483 speediness1530 navity1623 velocitya1674 expeditiousness1708 hot foot1869 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > going away suddenly or hurriedly scamper1697 decampment1706 helter-skelter1713 scamperinga1774 run1799 leg-bail1808 bolting1820 bolt1831 absquatulation1839 vamosing1862 hot foot1869 1869 Congress. Globe 15 Jan. 389/3 The honorable Senator..admonishes us of the importance of hot-foot in this business, if I may say so, of allowing the testimony to be taken at once. 1897 Appleton's Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 833 To run from a police officer is to do a hot foot. 1903 ‘H. McHugh’ Back to Woods iv. 66 Did somebody give you the hot-foot and make a quick exit? 1905 ‘H. McHugh’ You can search Me iii. 55 If somebody ever steals his hammer he'll be doing hotfoots for the handout. 1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 639/1 I know that th'fly was jerry because he gave me th'once over as I was comin' out and I went on th' hoot-foot... I beat it. 1929 C. F. Coe Hooch! x. 241 You dress an' grab a cab, see? Come down here to Zuroto's on the hot foot. 1990 S. King Stand (new ed.) iii. lxvi. 994 He had given them a little hotfoot and had gone running back into the desert. 3. In early use: a beating on the soles of the feet. Later: a practical joke in which a match is put against the victim's foot and then lit. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the soles of the feet hot foot1894 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax > of a particular kind grubbing1679 apple-pie bed1781 booby trap1846 turnip-ghost1863 whoopee cushion1931 hot foot1934 water bomb1947 Chinese fire drill1980 1894 G. Ade Chicago Stories 97 He was getting the ‘hot-foot’. A heavy policeman was pounding the sole of his shoe. 1906 A. H. Lewis Confess. Detective i. iii. 32 I'd become learned in certain mysteries, among others, the ‘hot foot’... Given a man, unconscious by..rum,..you can restore him..by smartly beating the soles of his feet. 1934 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Sept. 84/1 The way you give a hot foot is to sneak up behind some guy..and stick a paper match in his shoe between the sole and the upper along about where his little toe ought to be, and then light the match. 1943 J. Mitchell McSorley's Wonderful Saloon (1946) 18 Drunks reel over from the Bowery and..the kids give them hotfoots with kitchen matches. 1959 Encounter Dec. 30/2 His prose should never be quiet. It must always shock with the hot-foot. 1994 Hypno 3 i. 21/1 We actually gave someone the hot foot like in a Tom and Jerry cartoon. We put lit matches in his foot while he was sleeping. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1743
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