See Also: hotfoot(medicine)
hotfoot(1)(dictionary)
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hotfoot(dictionary)

hotfoot(2) (iou)



hotfoot noun. M19.
[Sense 1 from the adverb. Sense 2 from HOT adjective + FOOT noun.]
Prompt or rapid action or movement; a quick escape. Chiefly in do a hotfoot, give the hotfoot to. US slang. M19.
An act of beating a person on the bare soles or of inserting a lighted match between the soles and uppers of the shoes, either to rouse from sleep or (in the latter case) as a practical joke. E20.