flash vs hotfoot
hotfoot vs flashflash and hotfoot both are nouns.
flash is an adjective but hotfoot is not an adjective.
flash and hotfoot both are verbs.
flash is not an adverb while hotfoot is an adverb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flash | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| hotfoot | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
As verbs,
hotfoot is a hypernym of
flash; that is, hotfoot is a
word with a broader meaning than flash:
- flash: run or move very quickly or hastily
- hotfoot: move hurridly
Other hypernyms of flash include
belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it.
| flash (noun) | hotfoot (noun) |
|---|---|
| a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it |
| a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification | |
| a momentary brightness | |
| a sudden brilliant understanding | |
| a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | |
| a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate | |
| a gaudy outward display | |
| a sudden intense burst of radiant energy | |
| a short vivid experience | |
| a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) |
| flash (adjective) | hotfoot (adjective) |
|---|---|
| tastelessly showy |
| flash (verb) | hotfoot (verb) |
|---|---|
| appear briefly | move hurridly |
| emit a brief burst of light | |
| make known or cause to appear with great speed | |
| protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal | |
| run or move very quickly or hastily | |
| gleam or glow intermittently | |
| display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously | |
| expose or show briefly |
| flash (adverb) | hotfoot (adverb) |
|---|---|
| without delay; speedily |
Words related to "flash"
- Bengal light
- New York minute
- Very light
- Very-light
- appear
- belt along
- bit
- blink
- blink of an eye
- bluster
- brainstorm
- brainwave
- brassy
- bravado
- brightness
- buck
- bucket along
- bulletin
- cannonball along
- charge
- cheap
- convey
- coruscation
- cover
- dart
- dash
- display
- exhibit
- exhibitionism
- experience
- expose
- fanfare
- flare
- flash back
- flash bulb
- flash camera
- flash lamp
- flashbulb
- flasher
- flashgun
- flashing
- flashy
- flaunt
- flex
- flick
- flicker
- garish
- gaudy
- gimcrack
- gleam
- gleaming
- glimmer
- glint
- glitter
- happening
- hasten
- heartbeat
- heat flash
- hie
- hotfoot
- insight
- instant
- jiffy
- lamp
- lightning
- loud
- meretricious
- minute
- mo
- moment
- natural event
- news bulletin
- newsbreak
- newsflash
- occurrence
- occurrent
- ostentate
- ostentation
- patch
- pedantry
- pelt along
- photoflash
- photographic equipment
- plunge
- race
- radiate
- ritz
- rush
- rush along
- scoot
- scud
- second
- shoot
- shoot down
- show
- show off
- spark
- sparkle
- speed
- split second
- splurge
- star shell
- step on it
- streak
- swank
- tacky
- tasteless
- tatty
- tawdry
- tear
- trashy
- trice
- twinkle
- twinkling
- visual signal
- wink
- winkle
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