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lickety-splitenUK
lick·e·ty-split L0154000 (lĭk′ĭ-tē-splĭt′)adv. Informal With great speed.
[lickety, very fast, alteration of lick, fast (dialectal) + split.]lickety-split (ˈlɪkɪtɪˈsplɪt) advinformal US and Canadian very quickly; speedily[C19: from lick + split]lick′e•ty-split′ (ˈlɪk ɪ ti)
adv. Informal. at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split. [1835–45, Amer.] Thesauruslickety-splitadverbInformal. In a rapid way:apace, fast, posthaste, quick, quickly.Informal: flat out, hell-for-leather, pronto.Idioms: full tilt, in a flash, in nothing flat, like a bat out of hell, like a blue streak, like a flash, like a house on fire, like a shot, like a streak, like greased lightning, like the wind, like wildfire.Translationslickety-splitenUK
lickety-splitVery quickly or efficiently. Wow, you really got those reports done lickety-split. Don't worry, we'll be in and out lickety-split.lickety-split (lɪkɪdiˈsplɪt) mod. very fast. They ran across the field lickety-split. lickety-splitenUK
Synonyms for lickety-splitadv in a rapid waySynonyms- apace
- fast
- posthaste
- quick
- quickly
- flat out
- hell-for-leather
- pronto
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