LICKETY-SPLIT

PRONUNCIATION: (lik-uh-tee-SPLIT)

MEANING: adverb: At great speed.

ETYMOLOGY: A fanciful formation from lick (fast) + split. Earliest documented use: 1859.
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CLICKETY-SPLIT - timing he individual laps in a long track race

LINKETY-SPLIT - how my watchband broke

LICKETY-SPLINT - instant first-aid for broken bones