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- [hahy-teyl]
- /ˈhaɪˌteɪl/
- /ˈhaɪ.teɪl/
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- [hahy-teyl]
- /ˈhaɪˌteɪl/
Definitions of hightail word
- verb without object hightail to go away or leave rapidly: Last we saw of him, he was hightailing down the street. 1
- idioms hightail hightail it, hurry; rush; scamper: Hightail it down to the grocery store and buy some bread for lunch. 1
- noun hightail Move or travel fast. 1
- verb hightail to go or move in a great hurry 0
- verb hightail (usually transitive) To move at full speed, especially in retreat. 0
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Origin of hightail
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
1885-90, Americanism; high + tail1, in reference to the raised tails of fleeing animals, as deer or rabbits
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Parts of speech for Hightail
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hightail popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hightail
verb hightail
- depart — When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- gallop — to ride a horse at a gallop; ride at full speed: They galloped off to meet their friends.
- bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- course — Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
interjection hightail
- begone — go away!
- offed — so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- offing — the state or fact of being off.
- outs — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- skiddoo — to go away; get out.
Antonyms for hightail
verb hightail
- wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
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