What does "hotfoot" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "hotfoot"?

Common synonyms include: amain, apace, at once, bear down, belt along, bound.

adj, adv, noun, verb

adj, adv, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it. US
2
a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it wordnet

Verb

1
To run (a distance). transitive
"He hotfooted the four-and-a-half blocks across town to the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and checked out the books Patterson had mentioned—and everything else about China he could quickly think of."
2
move hurridly wordnet

Adjective

1
Moving with haste or zeal.
"Half the populace are idle, / Half are busy in a room; / All are gravebound from the cradle, / All are hotfoot for their doom."

Adverb