hotfoot vs levity

hotfoot

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

adv
  • Hastily; without delay. 

adj
  • Moving with haste or zeal. 

verb
  • To run (a distance). 

levity

noun
  • A lighthearted or frivolous act. 

  • The state or quality of being light, buoyancy. 

  • Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters. 

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