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hightailed

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Definition of hightailed word

  • noun hightailed Simple past tense and past participle of hightail. 1

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Parts of speech for Hightailed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hightailed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

hightailed usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hightailed

verb hightailed

  • ran — simple past tense of run.
  • absconded — Leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection of or arrest for an unlawful action such as theft.
  • ambled — to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town.
  • barreled — Having the specified number of barrels.
  • bolted — equipped with a bolt or bolts

interjection hightailed

  • shooed — to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”.

Antonyms for hightailed

verb hightailed

  • continued — continuing; not having stopped
  • dallied — to waste time; loiter; delay.
  • dawdled — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
  • delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
  • faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.

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