/hot"foot'/ , n. , pl. hotfoots , v. , adv.
n.
1. a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
v.i.
2. Informal. to go in great haste; walk or run hurriedly or rapidly (often fol. by it ): to hotfoot it to the bus stop.
adv.
3. with great speed in going; in haste.
[ 1250-1300; ME hot fot (adv.). See HOT, FOOT ]