1. Move or travel very quickly
   "He hotfooted down the hall to receive his guests";
   - rush, hasten, hie [archaic], speed, race, pelt along [informal], rush along, bucket along [informal], belt along [informal], step on it [informal], travel rapidly, hurry, zip [informal], zoom, zoom along [informal], whizz [informal], whizz along [informal], bucket [informal], belt [informal], barrel [informal], rocket [informal], wing [informal], pelt [informal]

1. Without delay; speedily
   "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"; "drove hotfoot for Boston"

1. A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
   "The prankster's hotfoot caused chaos in the classroom"

Derived forms: hotfooted, hotfooting, hotfoots

Type of: go, locomote, move, practical joke, travel

Encyclopedia: Hotfoot