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Lickety-split

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order. not-comparable

    "At the sound of the starting gun, they were off and running lickety-split."

Etymology

First attested during the 19th century, in the US, equivalent to lickedy + split, perhaps as a reference to the flick or darting of a snake's forked tongue. The forms lickety-cut and licketie are similarly attested; and forms with t are likely due to Scottish influence.

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