hotfoot vs skelp

hotfoot

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

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. 

skelp

verb
  • To move briskly along. 

  • To beat or slap. 

  • To form (a plate or bar of metal, etc.) into a skelp. 

  • To bend round (a skelp) in tube-making. 

noun
  • A narrow strip of rolled or forged metal, ready to be bent and welded to form a pipe. 

  • A blow; a smart stroke. 

  • A large portion. 

  • A squall; a heavy fall of rain. 

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