tickety-booadj.

/ˌtɪkətɪˈbuː/

Forms: Also ticketty-boo, tiggity-boo, etc.

Etymology: Etymology obscure: perhaps < Hindi ṭhīk hai all right; compare also ticket n.¹ 9.

colloquial.

In order, correct, satisfactory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective]

wellOE

sufferablea1340

worthy1340

sufficient1489

paregala1500

competent1535

something like?1556

right1567

sweet1577

fairish1611

all right1652

fair1656

comfortable1658

decent1711

respectable1750

unrepulsive1787

decentisha1814

fair-to-middling1822

fine1828

christena1838

OK1839

tidy1844

not (or none) so dusty?1856

sweet1898

oke1928

okey-doke1934

okey-dokey1936

tickety-boo1939

cool1951

aight1993

1939 N. Streatfeild Luke 186 Things ought to have shaped right... Couldn't have looked more tickety-boo.

1947 Amer. Notes & Queries Sept. 94/1 Lord Mountbatten, now Governor General of India, is credited in the New York Times Magazine (June 22, 1947, p. 45) with ‘giving currency’ to the phrase ‘tickety-boo’ (or ‘tiggerty-boo’). This Royal Navy term for ‘okay’ is derived from the Hindustani.

1954 ‘G. Carr’ Death under Snowdon xi. 143 ‘All tiggity-boo.’ ‘Tiggity——? Never mind, Sergeant. Go on.’ ‘Everything's jake, sir.’

1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxi. 179 Everything was tickety-boo again.

1960 D. Fearon Murder-on-Thames xviii. 168 ‘I never killed Mr. Evans either’. ‘Then that's all ticketty-boo.’

1977 Listener 7 Apr. 450/3 Attempting vainly to get everything tickety-boo for the Big Day.

1981 S. Rushdie Midnight's Children i. 97 Everything's in fine fettle, don't you agree? Tickety-boo, we used to say.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	tickety-boo
释义	tickety-booadj. /ˌtɪkətɪˈbuː/ Forms: Also ticketty-boo, tiggity-boo, etc. Etymology: Etymology obscure: perhaps < Hindi ṭhīk hai all right; compare also ticket n.¹ 9. colloquial. In order, correct, satisfactory. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] wellOE sufferablea1340 worthy1340 sufficient1489 paregala1500 competent1535 something like?1556 right1567 sweet1577 fairish1611 all right1652 fair1656 comfortable1658 decent1711 respectable1750 unrepulsive1787 decentisha1814 fair-to-middling1822 fine1828 christena1838 OK1839 tidy1844 not (or none) so dusty?1856 sweet1898 oke1928 okey-doke1934 okey-dokey1936 tickety-boo1939 cool1951 aight1993 1939 N. Streatfeild Luke 186 Things ought to have shaped right... Couldn't have looked more tickety-boo. 1947 Amer. Notes & Queries Sept. 94/1 Lord Mountbatten, now Governor General of India, is credited in the New York Times Magazine (June 22, 1947, p. 45) with ‘giving currency’ to the phrase ‘tickety-boo’ (or ‘tiggerty-boo’). This Royal Navy term for ‘okay’ is derived from the Hindustani. 1954 ‘G. Carr’ Death under Snowdon xi. 143 ‘All tiggity-boo.’ ‘Tiggity——? Never mind, Sergeant. Go on.’ ‘Everything's jake, sir.’ 1957 J. Braine Room at Top xxi. 179 Everything was tickety-boo again. 1960 D. Fearon Murder-on-Thames xviii. 168 ‘I never killed Mr. Evans either’. ‘Then that's all ticketty-boo.’ 1977 Listener 7 Apr. 450/3 Attempting vainly to get everything tickety-boo for the Big Day. 1981 S. Rushdie Midnight's Children i. 97 Everything's in fine fettle, don't you agree? Tickety-boo, we used to say. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1939
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