hotfoot

intr.v. Informal, -foot·ed, -foot·ing, -foots.
To go in haste. Often used with it: hotfoot it out of town.

adv.
In haste.

n., pl., -foots.
The practical joke of lighting a match that has been secretly inserted between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe.

verb

1. To leave hastily: bolt, get out, run. Informal clear out, get, skedaddle. Slang hightail, scram, vamoose. Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it, make tracks. See approach/retreat.
2. To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt², race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour², shoot, speed, sprint, tear¹, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip¹. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: step on it
  Synonyms: rush, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along

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The adverb hotfoot has one meaning:

Meaning #1: without delay; speedily

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - i fuldt firspring, sporenstrengs, im største hast
v. intr. - sætte fart i
n. - speciel practical joke med en tændt tændstik i skosålen

Nederlands (Dutch)
in allerijl, haastig, zich haasten, grap met aangestoken lucifer in schoenzool

Français (French)
adv. - à toute vitesse/allure, rapidement
v. intr. - se dépêcher
n. - vitesse, rapidité

Deutsch (German)
n. - jmd. der es eilig hat
v. - hastig laufen
adv. - schleunigst, eilends

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φάρσα με αναμμένο σπίρτο ανάμεσα στα δάχτυλα του (κοιμισμένου) θύματος
v. - σπεύδω (με προθυμία)
adv. - βιαστικά, ανυπόμονα
adj. - βιαστικός, ανυπόμονος, πρόθυμος

Italiano (Italian)
frettoloso, affrettarsi, a gambe levate

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) que vai muito rápido
v. - apressar-se
adv. - às pressas
adj. - apressado

Русский (Russian)
стремглав, мчаться со всех ног

Español (Spanish)
adv. - a toda prisa, rápidamente
v. intr. - ir volando, caminar o correr a gran velocidad
n. - broma pesada con fósforos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skyndande
v. - skynda, ila
adv. - i flygande fart
adj. - mycket snabb

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
急忙地, 火急地, 急行, 急匆匆地走, 恶作剧

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 急忙地, 火急地
v. intr. - 急行, 急匆匆地走
n. - 惡作劇

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 부리나케, 급히 서둘러
v. intr. - 부리나케 가다, 급히 서둘러 가다
n. - 남의 구두에 몰래 성냥을 끼워 두었다가 불붙게 하는 장난, 모욕

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 刺激, 侮辱
adv. - 急いで

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) توبيخ أو اهانه, مهماز, مداعبه سمجه قوامها اقحام عود ثقاب في حذاء شخص واشعاله خلسه (فعل) يستعجل, يزعج, ينخس بمهماز (ظرف) بعجله, بغير ابطاء (صفه) متعلق بالتوبيخ أو الاهانه أو العجله ألخ, مستعجل, عجول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בהתלהבות, מהר‬
v. intr. - ‮מיהר בקוצר-רוח‬
n. - ‮תעלול של החדרת גפרור בוער לנעל‬

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