[hot-foo
t] 
noun, plural -foots, verb, adverb | 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. |
| 2. | Informal. to go in great haste; walk or run hurriedly or rapidly (often fol. by it): to hotfoot it to the bus stop. |
| 3. | with great speed in going; in haste. |
| hot·foot (hŏt'fŏŏt') intr.v. hot·foot·ed, hot·foot·ing, hot·foots Informal To go in haste. Often used with it: hotfoot it out of town. adv. In haste. n. pl. hot·foots The practical joke of lighting a match that has been secretly inserted between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe. |
