lickety-split
/ˌlɪkətɪˈsplɪt
/adverb North American informal
As fast as possible: I took off lickety-split across the lawn...
- Before you go from 5K runner to marathoner lickety-split, you'll have to address the second tenet of neuromuscular training: teaching your mind to push through pain, because - we won't lie to you - there's a lot of it.
- And yet he's had a very sunny disposition, telling great stories about how everybody is moving through lickety-split.
- The man should be lauded for wanting to get places lickety-split.
Origin
Early 19th century (in the phrase as fast as lickety 'at full speed'): from a fanciful extension of lick + split (verb).
Rhymes
- cleanskin
- clean someone out
- clean someone's clock
- clean something out
- clean something up
- clean up
- clean up one's act
- clear
- clearable
- clearance
- clearance order
- clearance sale
- clearcole
- clear-cut
- clearer
- clear-eyed
- clear-fell
- Clearfield
- clear-headed
- clear-headedness
- clearing
- clearing bank
- clearing house
- clearing sale
- clearly