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