LICKETY-SPLIT


Meaning of LICKETY-SPLIT in English

|likəd.ē| ̷ ̷ adverb

also lickety-brindle -| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ; or lickety-cut -| ̷ ̷

Etymology: probably irregular from lick (I) + split or brindle or cut

: with a rush : rapidly

you climb astride a little trolley and rattle out of the place lickety-split — Claudia Cassidy

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.