lickety-split

[lik-i-tee-split]

lick·e·ty-split

[lik-i-tee-split]
adverb Informal.
at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; perhaps dial. licket rag (for wiping in haste, with one lick) + -y1 + split, as in split second
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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lickety-split (ˈlɪkɪtɪˈsplɪt)
 
adv
informal (US), (Canadian) very quickly; speedily
 
[C19: from lick + split]

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lickety-split definition

[lɪkɪdiˈsplɪt]
  1. mod.
    very fast. : They ran across the field lickety-split.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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