hotfoot vs keen

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. 

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

keen

adj
  • Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested. 

  • Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp. 

  • Having a fine edge or point; sharp. 

  • Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp. 

  • Of prices, extremely low as to be competitive. 

  • Acrimonious, bitter, piercing. 

  • Fierce, intense, vehement. 

verb
  • To utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry. 

  • To mourn. 

  • To make cold, to sharpen. 

  • To utter a keen. 

noun
  • A prolonged wail for a deceased person. 

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