hightail

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhaɪ.teɪl/

Definition of hightail

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (Canada, US, informal, transitive, usually)To move at full speed, especially in retreat.
    “He hightailed it toward town.”
    “I want you to hightail your butt out of there before they come back.”
    “When I saw he had scored, I just hightailed out of there, because all those people started running down on the field and that's a lot more dangerous than playing.”

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Etymology

From high + tail; refers to the behavior of fleeing animals, such as deer, that raise their tail when running away.

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