at a rate of knots

English

Etymology

Nautical; see knot.

Prepositional phrase

at a rate of knots

1. (UK, informal) Quickly; rapidly; fast.

Further reading

• “at a rate of knots”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “at a rate of knots” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “at a rate of knots”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “at a rate of knots”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “at a rate of knots” (US) / “at a rate of knots” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.