<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>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.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>Informal: to go in great haste; walk or run hurriedly or rapidly (often followed by it): to hotfoot it to the bus stop.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>With great speed in going; in haste.</li></ul>