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PRONUNCIATION OF HOTFOOT

hotfoot  [ˈhɒtˌfʊt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOTFOOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hotfoot is a verb and can also act as an adverb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb hotfoot in English.



The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HOTFOOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hot foot

The hot foot is a prank where the prankster sets the victim's shoe laces on fire with a match or lighter. There are several other versions of the hot foot prank, but all involve using a source of flame near a victim's foot. Other versions of the prank involve using a cigarette on the victim's heel, placing a lit match between two bare toes on the victim, or sticking a book of matches to the victim's shoe with gum and lighting the matches. The hot foot prank is mentioned in several baseball stories as a prank that players play on one another. Bert Blyleven earned the nickname "Frying Dutchman" because of his love of this prank. The "hot foot" was brought back by Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander when he played the prank on fellow Tiger Don Kelly in the 2011 season against the Minnesota Twins. This was mentioned in a recently aired episode of Conan.

Definition of hotfoot in the English dictionary

The definition of hotfoot in the dictionary is with all possible speed; quickly. Other definition of hotfoot is to move quickly.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOTFOOT

PRESENT

Present
I hotfoot
you hotfoot
he/she/it hotfoots
we hotfoot
you hotfoot
they hotfoot
Present continuous
I am hotfooting
you are hotfooting
he/she/it is hotfooting
we are hotfooting
you are hotfooting
they are hotfooting
Present perfect
I have hotfooted
you have hotfooted
he/she/it has hotfooted
we have hotfooted
you have hotfooted
they have hotfooted
Present perfect continuous
I have been hotfooting
you have been hotfooting
he/she/it has been hotfooting
we have been hotfooting
you have been hotfooting
they have been hotfooting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I hotfooted
you hotfooted
he/she/it hotfooted
we hotfooted
you hotfooted
they hotfooted
Past continuous
I was hotfooting
you were hotfooting
he/she/it was hotfooting
we were hotfooting
you were hotfooting
they were hotfooting
Past perfect
I had hotfooted
you had hotfooted
he/she/it had hotfooted
we had hotfooted
you had hotfooted
they had hotfooted
Past perfect continuous
I had been hotfooting
you had been hotfooting
he/she/it had been hotfooting
we had been hotfooting
you had been hotfooting
they had been hotfooting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will hotfoot
you will hotfoot
he/she/it will hotfoot
we will hotfoot
you will hotfoot
they will hotfoot
Future continuous
I will be hotfooting
you will be hotfooting
he/she/it will be hotfooting
we will be hotfooting
you will be hotfooting
they will be hotfooting
Future perfect
I will have hotfooted
you will have hotfooted
he/she/it will have hotfooted
we will have hotfooted
you will have hotfooted
they will have hotfooted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been hotfooting
you will have been hotfooting
he/she/it will have been hotfooting
we will have been hotfooting
you will have been hotfooting
they will have been hotfooting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would hotfoot
you would hotfoot
he/she/it would hotfoot
we would hotfoot
you would hotfoot
they would hotfoot
Conditional continuous
I would be hotfooting
you would be hotfooting
he/she/it would be hotfooting
we would be hotfooting
you would be hotfooting
they would be hotfooting
Conditional perfect
I would have hotfoot
you would have hotfoot
he/she/it would have hotfoot
we would have hotfoot
you would have hotfoot
they would have hotfoot
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been hotfooting
you would have been hotfooting
he/she/it would have been hotfooting
we would have been hotfooting
you would have been hotfooting
they would have been hotfooting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you hotfoot
we let´s hotfoot
you hotfoot
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to hotfoot
Past participle
hotfooted
Present Participle
hotfooting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOTFOOT


barefoot
ˈbɛəˌfʊt
bigfoot
ˈbɪɡˌfʊt
bird-foot
ˈbɜːdˌfʊt
Blackfoot
ˈblækˌfʊt
cocksfoot
ˈkɒksˌfʊt
coltsfoot
ˈkəʊltsˌfʊt
crowfoot
ˈkrəʊˌfʊt
eightfoot
ˈeɪtˌfʊt
finfoot
ˈfɪnˌfʊt
flatfoot
ˈflætˌfʊt
forefoot
ˈfɔːˌfʊt
goosefoot
ˈɡuːsˌfʊt
hindfoot
ˈhaɪndˌfʊt
polt-foot
ˈpəʊltˌfʊt
pussyfoot
ˈpʊsɪˌfʊt
redfoot
ˈrɛdˌfʊt
stairfoot
ˈstɛərˌfʊt
tanglefoot
ˈtæŋɡəlˌfʊt
tenderfoot
ˈtɛndəˌfʊt
webfoot
ˈwɛbˌfʊt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOTFOOT

hotel receptionist
hotel room
hotel ship
hotel staff
hotel work
hotel worker
hoteldom
hotelier
hotelman
Hotere
hothead
hothouse
hothoused
hothousing
Hotien
hotline
hotly
hotness
hotplate
hotpot

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOTFOOT

afoot
athlete´s foot
board foot
elephant´s-foot
first-foot
foot
hand and foot
Lightfoot
of foot
on foot
on the back foot
on the front foot
on the right foot
on the wrong foot
outfoot
set on foot
tread under foot
under foot
underfoot
wrong-foot

Synonyms and antonyms of hotfoot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HOTFOOT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «hotfoot» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of hotfoot

Translation of «hotfoot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOTFOOT

Find out the translation of hotfoot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hotfoot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hotfoot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hotfoot
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hotfoot
570 millions of speakers

English

hotfoot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hotfoot
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استعجل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Протоптанная дорожка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hotfoot
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hotfoot
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

à toute vitesse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hotfoot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wie auf Schienen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホットフット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hotfoot
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hotfoot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đuổi theo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hotfoot
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉटफूट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

acele
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in fretta e furia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hotfoot
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

протоптана доріжка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hotfoot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βιαστικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

galopperen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hotfoot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hotfoot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hotfoot

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOTFOOT»

The term «hotfoot» is regularly used and occupies the 99.700 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOTFOOT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hotfoot» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hotfoot» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hotfoot

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOTFOOT»

Discover the use of hotfoot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hotfoot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America
Hotfoot. 27. Length: 27 ft. LOA; 22 ft. LWL Berths: 4 Beam: 9 ft. 4 in. Engine: Outboard Draft: 5 ft. 6 in. Head: Chemical Displacement: 3,600 Ibs. Galley: 1 - burner alcohol Sail area: Main and jib, 346 sq. Water: 12 gals. ft. total Rating: None HulL ...
Richard M. Sherwood, 1994
2
United States Submarine Operations in World War II.
"Burt's Brooms" ("Operation Hotfoot") When Admiral Halsey was planning " Operation Stalemate" for the capture of Palau, plans were also projected for the first full-scale carrier-air attack on the Japanese mainland. The strike was to be made by ...
Theodore Roscoe, Richard G. Voge, 1949
3
Neurobehavioral Genetics: Methods and Applications
Other pleiotropic effects of the hotfoot gene include a reduced fertility in males and a reduction in litter size and postnatal survival in pups born to hotfoot dams. In addition, hotfoot mice have been reported to be smaller on average from birth ...
Byron C. Jones, Pierre Mormede, 1999
4
A TRILOGY OF FAIRY TALES.
asked Johnny Hotfoot and Sarah Sweetkiss smiled, knowing the children could read the truth of history, because of what she and Johnny Hotfoot had done, what they had gone through back at the Lands of the Sinking Sands. The sound of ...
RON S KING
5
Who's who from Hotfoot/White Star
"This book is a listing of the orders received to date pertaining to Operations Hotfoot/White Star."--P. [i.]. These operations involved U.S. Special Forces in Laos from 1959-1962.
‎1995
6
Brag Dog and Other Stories: The Best of Vereen Bell
Hotfoot made errors, too, that morning. They were errors born of exuberance and boldness rather than bad nose or faulty training. Twice he smashed into birds, knowing they were there and going to them like a falcon, but stopping one split ...
‎2000
7
Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills
The mental hotfoot game involves coming up with novel ideas or phrases by combining simple ideas or by modifying well-known phrases. Comedian George Carlin corned the term to suggest the surprise effect such a novel phrase can have ...
Karl Albrecht, 2009
8
The Dynamic Synapse: Molecular Methods in Ionotropic ...
At least 1 6 spontaneous examples of the hotfoot GluR2 mutants have been found to date [115]. The earliest of those were characterized by mild ataxia; neuroanatom- ical analysis of the cerebellum revealed a small proportion of Purkinje cells ...
Josef T. Kittler, Stephen J. Moss, 2006
9
Green Berets in the Vanguard: Inside Special Forces, 1953-1963
7 LAOS, 1959 Mission Hotfoot Even now, almost four decades later, I still remember Laos as if it were the day of our arrival— the people, the jungle and its beauty. I also remember the jungle and its horrors, a jungle that never slept. The year ...
Chalmers Archer, 2001
10
Men in Blackface: True Stories of the Minstrel Show
Hotfoot Sue (1896) described uninhibited black fun: “Hotfoot, de gal paces de culludsection/Hotfoot, deshinin' light o' my affection/Hotfoot, de onepossessor o' my affection/I'sewondat black gal, Hotfoot. ma Sue.” In I'se Got The Warmest Baby  ...
Seymour Stark, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOTFOOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hotfoot is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Traditions live long at Louisburg Cider Mill - Louisburg Herald: Home
As customers would come in and ask for cider, the owners would hotfoot it back behind the east wall and fill as many jugs as they wanted out of ... «Louisburg Herald, Jul 15»
2
Doncaster recruiting firm runners hotfoot it in marathon to boost charity
Staff from a Doncaster based recruitment consultancy put their best feet forward to help charity. For a team of runners from RH Recruiting took ... «South Yorkshire Times, Jul 15»
3
28 things to do in Boulder County today, July 3, 2015
Hotfoot 4:30 p.m., Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont; 303-776-1914. Brian Rezac 5 p.m., Pearl Street ... «Boulder Daily Camera, Jul 15»
4
To Kill A Mockingbird
Anyone who doesn't know Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird should immediately hotfoot to their nearest Waterstone's and pick up a copy of ... «Official London Theatre, Jul 15»
5
Great Britain preview - Hamilton eyes home advantage
At the Silver Arrows, it is Nico Rosberg who arrives in Britain hotfoot from a great victory last time out in Austria. Lewis Hamilton, last year's victor ... «Formula 1, Jul 15»
6
Wimbledon 2015, day four: James Ward joins Andy Murray in third …
Right, it's time for me to hotfoot it over to the Murray live blog which you can follow here. I leave you in the safe hands of Alistair Tweedale for all ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Watch Honda build the 306-hp Civic Type R engine…right here in …
The new turbocharged engine produces 306 hp and 295 lb-ft, plenty of motivation to help the Civic hotfoot around the countryside. The foreign ... «Autoweek, Jul 15»
8
Ashes 2015: Gloves will come off as Australia get down to business
The tourists arrived in Canterbury hotfoot from the World Cup final in which, four days earlier, they had been defeated by West Indies. «The Independent, Jun 15»
9
Enduro MTB Mieroszow
At the beginning hotfoot on the nice single track through the mountain pines until it turns into the third cosmic speed and we have got the ... «Pinkbike.com, Jun 15»
10
Build your own 'Get ripped quick' training plan with JOE's 14 Golden …
So if your trip to Ibiza is in a month, hotfoot it down to the gym right now. Once you assess how many weeks you have to get in shape and how many days per ... «JOE.co.uk, Jun 15»

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