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单词 hotfoot
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
hot•foot /ˈhɑtˌfʊt/USA pronunciation   n., pl. -foots, v., -foot•ed, -foot•ing. 
n. [countable]
  1. a practical joke in which a match is secretly put into the victim's shoe and then lighted.

v. [~ (+ it)]
  1. to go in a great hurry or quickly:to hotfoot (it) to the bank.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
hot•foot  (hot′fŏŏt′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -foots, v., adv. 
n. 
  1. 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.i. 
  1. [Informal.]to go in great haste;
    walk or run hurriedly or rapidly (often fol. by it):to hotfoot it to the bus stop.

adv. 
  1. with great speed in going;
    in haste.
  • Middle English hot fot (adverb, adverbial). See hot, foot 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hotfoot /ˈhɒtˌfʊt/ adv
  1. with all possible speed; quickly
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