LICKETY-SPLIT


Meaning of LICKETY-SPLIT in English

/lik"i tee split"/ , adv. Informal.

at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.

[ 1835-45, Amer.; perh. dial. licket rag (for wiping in haste, with one lick) + -Y 1 + SPLIT, as in split second ]

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