hotfoot

[hot-foot] / ˈhɒtˌfʊt /

VERB

hurry

Synonyms

STRONG

barrel bolt boogie clip dart dash fly gallop hurtle race run scoot speed sprint streak tear zip zoom

WEAK

burn rubber go like a bat out of hell hightail it make haste

Antonyms

STRONG

decelerate halt slow stay wait walk

WEAK

dawdle

Example Sentences

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The smart sneakers will stymie your prankster buddies when they stoop down to surreptitiously give you a hotfoot.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2019

I decided to take time off work the very next day and hotfoot it to Tel Aviv, to get ahead of any competitors.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

Thankfully there’s Warren Carlyle’s blissful choreography, especially the hotfoot, slip-sliding tap numbers.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2018

One measly hotfoot, and you are out on your butt.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2015

They still can't see that it’s time to cut bait and hotfoot it out of town.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland