lickety

English

Alternative forms

• lickedy, licketie, lickerty, licketty, lickity, lickoty

Etymology

From earlier lickedy (“slick, sleek, fast”), equivalent to lick +‎ -ety.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪkɪti/

Adverb

lickety

1. (US, informal, usually compounded with a noun) At full speed, fast.

   lickety-cut

   lickety-split

   • 1843, John S. Robb, Streaks of Squatter of Life, and Far-west Scenes‎^[1], page 116:

     Away they started, “lickety-click,” and arrived at the winning-post within touching distance of each other.

   • 1886, Bret Harte, “Chiquita”, in Abraham Firth, editor, Voices for the Speechless, page 95:

     Lickity, lickity, switch, we came to the ford, and Chiquita / Buckled right down to her work

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:lickety.