hotfoot

¹hot·foot

adv \ˈhät-ˌfu̇t\

Definition of HOTFOOT

: in haste

Examples of HOTFOOT

1. <lowered his plane hotfoot onto a pasture when the engine started to sputter>

First Known Use of HOTFOOT

14th century

Related to HOTFOOT

Synonyms: cursorily, headlong, hastily, hurriedly, pell-mell, precipitately, precipitously, rashly

Antonyms: deliberately, studiedly

Related Words: headfirst, headily, hotheadedly, impatiently, impetuously, impulsively, recklessly, thoughtlessly; automatically, glancingly, haphazardly; impromptu, spontaneously; abruptly, suddenly; offhand, offhandedly

Near Antonyms: calculatingly, circumspectly, designedly; falteringly, haltingly, hesitantly, hesitatingly, tentatively; leisurely, slowly

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Rhymes with HOTFOOT

afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, birthroot, Blackfoot, board foot, claw-foot, clubfoot, cocksfoot, coltsfoot, crow's-foot, cube root, enroot, forefoot, hard put, input, kaput, on foot, outfoot, output, prop root, Rajput, redroot, shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, square root, squawroot, taproot, throughput, trench foot, uproot, webfoot