hotfoot

adverb

ˈhät-ˌfu̇t How to pronounce hotfoot (audio)
Definition of hotfootnext
as in hurriedly
with excessive or careless speed lowered his plane hotfoot onto a pasture when the engine started to sputter

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  1. hurriedly
  2. hastily
  3. impulsively
Adverb
  • The city hurriedly put together a pitch for the Bears, calling the site Halas Harbor until the Bears rejected the Hail Mary play in favor of Hammond.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • As the party raged on LACMA’s campus, hundreds of parade participants hurriedly prepared for their debuts in the corners of nearby streets and parking lots.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Definition of hurriedly
Adverb
  • Indigenous people from around the continent chanted, danced, prayed and conducted smoky medicine ceremonies daily outside a fence hastily erected around the property.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • Jelinek hastily asked for a ten-minute break, and the judge granted it.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of hastily
Adverb
  • The two were married twice — the second time officially in a Los Angeles courthouse, the first time impulsively (and unofficially) in a tiny Las Vegas ceremony, which had only cost them $799, per Cosmopolitan.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
  • See, this Fire sign prefers to act quickly and impulsively, but the influence of Saturn slows things down, asking us to reflect on whether our choices are realistic and stable in the long term.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of impulsively
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“Hotfoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hotfoot. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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