lick·e·ty-split
/ˌlikədēˈsplit/
adverb
as quickly as possible; immediately.
"I took off lickety-split across the lawn"
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Synonyms · apace · briskly · chop-chop · double-quick · fast · fleetly · full tilt · hastily · hell-for-leather · hot · posthaste · presto · pronto · quick ...
adverb. , Informal. at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.
LICKETY-SPLIT meaning: 1. very quickly 2. very quickly. Learn more.
Sep 20, 2017 · It comes from a time when cheap hay bailing wire was often used to repair farm machinery. It implies that such repairs will fall apart. So to go ...
First attested during the 19th century, in the US, as a fanciful alteration of the noun lick “a very fast sprint”, and the verb split. The forms lickety-cut and ...
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