dally vs hotfoot

dally

verb
  • To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle. 

  • To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel of a western style saddle) after the roping of an animal 

  • To delay unnecessarily; to while away. 

  • To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet 

noun
  • Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping. 

hotfoot

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

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

How often have the words dally and hotfoot occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )