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Definition of lickety-split in English Turkish dictionary
- çarçabuk
- çabucak
Çoraplarımı çabucak giydim.
-I put on my socks lickety-split.
- çarçabuk
- çabucak
- licketysplit
- dili çarçabuk
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Definition of lickety-split in English English dictionary
- 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
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lick·et·y-splitPronunciation
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").Resimler
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