ha-ha vs hotfoot

ha-ha

noun
  • Something funny; a joke. 

  • A laugh. 

  • A ditch with one vertical side, acting as a sunken fence, designed to block the entry of animals into lawns and parks without breaking sightlines. 

verb
  • To laugh. 

intj
  • An approximation of the sound of laughter. 

hotfoot

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

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

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