flying vs hotfoot

flying

adj
  • Brief or hurried. 

  • That flies or can fly. 

  • Not secured by yards. 

  • Capable of foiling. 

  • Capable of speed 

  • Designating a cattle brand consisting of a letter extended on both sides with tilde-like curved lines. 

noun
  • The action of sustained hydrodynamic lift on hydrofoils lifting the vessel hull lifted out of the water, for sustained motion across water. 

  • The action or process of sustained motion through the air. 

  • An act of flight. 

hotfoot

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

noun
  • The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. 

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

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