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.
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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