Definition of Hightail

1. Verb. Leave as fast as possible. "We hightailed it when we saw the police walking in"

Generic synonyms: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave

Definition of Hightail

1. Verb. To retreat quickly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hightail

1. to retreat rapidly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hightail

highroads
highs
highschool
highschoolboy
highschoolboys
highschooler
highschoolers
highschoolgirl
highschoolgirls
highschools
highspot
highspots
highstand
highstreet
hight
hightail (current term)
hightail it
hightailed
hightailing
hightails
highted
highth
highths
highting
hightop
hightops
hights
highty-tighty
highwater
highwaters

Literary usage of Hightail

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cooper's Works by James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant (1855)
"art ever for refining, hightail—Sir John .Golden- calf is a very respectable person in the island of— a—a—a—what do you call that said island of yours, ..."

2. The Line by Shay Villere, Plauche Villere, 3rd (2006)
"They'll need this room for some new patient and you'll probably get a chance to hightail it again." "I don't want to hightail it again. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1835)
"... attended by that coxcomb hightail, and others of his kidney, stepped towards the altar with a lofty confidence, which the same etiquette exacted of the ..."

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