What is the meaning of hotfoot?

noun

• A practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it.

verb

• Move fast.
  • usage: "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
  • synonyms: rush, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it

adverb

• Without delay; speedily.
  • usage: "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks- Francis Hackett; "drove hotfoot for Boston"