hotfoot vs retard

hotfoot

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

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

retard

noun
  • Retardation; delay. 

  • A slowing down of the tempo; a ritardando. 

  • A person or being who is extremely stupid or slow to learn. 

verb
  • To put off; to postpone. 

  • To decelerate; to slow down. 

  • To keep delaying; to continue to hinder; to prevent from progressing. 

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