LICKETY-CUT

Meaning of LICKETY-CUT in English

adv. , informal At full speed; with a rush. As soon as school was out the boys ran lickety-split to the swimming pool.

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LICKETY-CUT — adverb see lickety-split
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LICKETY-CUT — {adv.}, {informal} At full speed; with a rush. * /As soon as school was out the boys ran lickety-split to …
Slang English vocab
LICKETY-CUT — {adv.}, {informal} At full speed; with a rush. * /As soon as school was out the boys ran lickety-split to …
Словарь английских идиом
CUT — I. ˈkət, usu -əd.+V verb ( cut ; cut ; cutting ; cuts ) Etymology: Middle English cutten, kitten; perhaps …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CUT — /kut/ , v. , cut, cutting , adj. , n. v.t. 1. to penetrate with or as if with a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUT — I. ˈkət verb ( cut ; cut·ting ) Etymology: Middle English cutten Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUT — noun a skein of yarn. 2. cut ·adj overcome by liquor; tipsy. 3. cut ·vi to interfere, as a horse. …
Webster English vocab
CUT — / kʌt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( cut·ting , cut , cut ) WOUND / HOLE 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUT — I. cut 1 S1 W1 /kʌt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle cut , present participle cutting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CUT — v. & n. --v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUT — v. & n. v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1 tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUT — v. & n. --v. (cutting; past and past part. cut) 1. tr. (also absol.) penetrate or wound with a sharp-edged …
Oxford English vocab
CUT — ( cuts, cutting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'cut' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CUT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cut of meat (= a joint of meat taken from a particular part …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CUT — INDEX: 1. with scissors, a knife, or a sharp object 2. to cut food 3. to cut part of your …
Longman Activator English vocab
CUT — n. 25B6; verb the knife slipped and cut his finger : GASH, slash, lacerate, sever, slit, pierce, penetrate, wound, injure; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CUT — v. 1 gash, slash, slit; open I cut my finger on the glass 2 slice, cut off, carve Please cut …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CUT — I 1. гл. 1) резать, разрезать He cut his chin while shaving. ≈ Он порезался, когда брился. Cut the cake. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CUT — _I 1. kʌt n 1. 1> порез; разрез a cut on the finger - порез пальца cuts on the face …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CUT — 1) горн. вруб || делать вруб 2) горн. заходка 3) мн. ч. горн. зарубной штыб; кусочки породы 4) рез; раскрой; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CUT — 1) горн. вруб || делать вруб 2) горн. заходка 3) мн. ч. горн. зарубной штыб; кусочки породы 4) рез; раскрой; распил || резать; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CUT — 1) бороздка 2) огранка 3) выруб, вырез || вырубать, вырезать 4) углубление, выемка; врез 5) подрубка || подрубать 6) геод. засечка 7) канавка 8) ж.-д. (рельсовый) стык 9) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CUT — I cut гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. - cut1) а) резать, разрезать Cut the cake. — Разрежь пирог. Ida …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CUT — _I 1. kʌt n 1. 1> порез; разрез a cut on the finger - порез пальца cuts on the face …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CUT — I kʌt 1. гл. ; прош. вр. , прич. прош. вр. - cut 1) а) резать, разрезать Cut the cake. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CUT — I [°…«] cut.wav 1. гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. - cut 1) а) резать, разрезать Cut the cake. — Разрежь пирог. Ida allowed Mr. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CUT — 1) разрез; надрез; срез; прорезь; пропил || разрезать; надрезать; срезать; прорезать 2) резание, обработка резанием; проход ( при обработке резанием …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
CUT — 1) разрез; надрез; срез; прорезь; пропил || разрезать; надрезать; срезать; прорезать 2) резание, обработка резанием; проход (при обработке резанием); резка, отрезка …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
CUT — _I 1. _v. 1> резать; срезать, отрезать, разрезать; стричь; to cut oneself - порезаться 2> косить, жать; убирать урожай 3> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CUT — I 1. v. 1. резать; срезать, отрезать, разрезать; стричь; to cut oneself - порезаться 2. косить, жать; убирать урожай 3. …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CUT — _I kʌt 1. _v. (cut) 1> резать; срезать, отрезать, разрезать; стричь; to cut oneself порезаться; cut loose отделять, освобождать; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CUT — 1) резка, разрезка; рубка; высечка [c crimson]|| резать, разрезать, нарезать, обрезать (книжный блок) 2) отрезанный лист (бумаги) 3) вырезка (из …
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
CUT — cut n infml 1. He took his cut of the profits Он получил свою долю прибыли The government plans to …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
CUT — I 1. гл. 1) резать, разрезать He cut his chin while shaving. ≈ Он порезался, когда брился. Cut the cake. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LICKETY-BRINDLE — adverb see lickety-split
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LICKETY-SPLIT — |likəd.ē| ̷ ̷ adverb also lickety-brindle -| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ; or lickety-cut -| ̷ ̷ Etymology: probably irregular from lick (I) + split or brindle or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LICKETY-SPLIT — /lik"i tee split"/ , adv. Informal. at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split. [ 1835-45, Amer.; perh. dial. licket rag …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LICKETY-SPLIT — ■ adverb N. Amer. informal at full speed. Origin C19 (in the phr. as fast as lickety 'at full speed'): …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LICKETY-SPLIT — lickety-split BrE AmE ˌlɪk ət i ˈsplɪt -ɪt i- AmE \ -ət̬ i-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LICKETY-SPLIT — / ˌlɪkəti ˈsplɪt; NAmE / adverb ( NAmE , old-fashioned , informal ) very quickly; immediately •• WORD ORIGIN early …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LICKETY SPLIT — Synonyms and related words : amain, apace, at flank speed, double-quick, expeditiously, fast, hand over fist, hand over hand, hastily, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LICKETY-SPLIT — = lickety-cut
Slang English vocab
LICKETY-SPLIT — adv AmE infml He ran down the street lickety-split — Он бежал по улице сломя голову We were there lickety-split in my …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LICKETY-SPLIT — adv AmE infml He ran down the street lickety-split — Он бежал по улице сломя голову We were there lickety-split …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LICKETY-SPLIT — lickety-split adv AmE infml He ran down the street lickety-split Он бежал по улице сломя голову We were there lickety-split …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LICKETY-SPLIT — He ran down the street lickety-split — Он бежал по улице сломя голову We were there lickety-split in my new …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SWIFTLY — Synonyms and related words : PDQ, abruptly, agilely, amain, apace, at flank speed, at once, briefly, briskly, by forced marches, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPEEDILY — Synonyms and related words : PDQ, against the clock, amain, apace, at flank speed, at once, by forced marches, cursorily, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAPIDLY — Synonyms and related words : always, amain, apace, at all times, at flank speed, at full speed, at once, briskly, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUICKLY — Synonyms and related words : PDQ, agilely, amain, animatedly, anxiously, apace, at flank speed, at once, at the double, avidly, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUICK — Synonyms and related words : Daedalian, able, aboveground, abrupt, acquiescent, acute, adept, adroit, agile, agog, agreeable, alacritous, alert, alive, alive …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PROMPTLY — Synonyms and related words : PDQ, agilely, amain, animatedly, anxiously, apace, ardently, at flank speed, at once, avidly, breathlessly, by …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POSTHASTE — Synonyms and related words : amain, apace, at flank speed, breakneck, by airmail, by cable, by express, by return mail, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ON THE DOUBLE — Synonyms and related words : amain, apace, at flank speed, at the double, crowded, double-quick, double-time, expeditiously, fast, hand over …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HELL BENT — Synonyms and related words : amain, apace, at flank speed, bent on, dead set on, decided upon, determined upon, double-quick, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HASTILY — Synonyms and related words : a corps perdu, abruptly, agilely, amain, apace, at flank speed, at half cock, at once, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAND OVER FIST — Synonyms and related words : amain, apace, at flank speed, at once, by forced marches, cursorily, double-quick, expeditiously, fast, feverishly, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FAST — Synonyms and related words : Barmecidal feast, Encratism, Friday, Lenten diet, Lenten entertainment, Lenten fare, Pythagoreanism, Pythagorism, Rechabitism, Sabbath, Shakerism, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EXPEDITIOUSLY — Synonyms and related words : PDQ, agilely, amain, apace, at flank speed, at once, by forced marches, cursorily, decisively, directly, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE QUICK — Synonyms and related words : acceleration, agile, amain, apace, at flank speed, at the double, breakneck, crowded, dashing, double march, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
APACE — Synonyms and related words : PDQ, amain, at flank speed, at once, by forced marches, cursorily, decisively, directly, double-quick, expeditiously, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIGHT — n. 25B6; adjective it wouldn't be right to do that : JUST, fair, proper, good, upright, righteous, virtuous, moral, ethical, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RAPIDLY — adv. 1 quickly, fast, swiftly, speedily, briskly, expeditiously, like a shot, at the speed of light, double-quick, at full speed, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

American Idioms English vocabulary

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