lickety-split

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English - Turkish
çarçabuk
çabucak

Çoraplarımı çabucak giydim. - I put on my socks lickety-split.

çarçabuk
çabucak
licketysplit
dili çarçabuk
English - English
Quickly; as fast as possible; in short order

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

very quickly (lick + split)
quickly, as fast as possible
without delay; "she tackled the job lickety-split
lickety-split

    Hyphenation

    lick·et·y-split

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Fanciful alteration of lick and the verb split. lick appears to have something to do with animals made to go faster by means of a "lick" of a whip, although it may have also originated due to a preference for rapid licking (the "quick lick").
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