delay vs hotfoot

delay

verb
  • To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time. 

  • To put off until a later time; to defer. 

noun
  • A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. 

  • An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay. 

  • Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”) 

  • An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment. 

hotfoot

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

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

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