Definition of Hightailed

1. Verb. (past of hightail) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hightailed

1. hightail [v] - See also: hightail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hightailed

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

Literary usage of Hightailed

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

1. A Very Public Offering: A Rebel's Story of Business Excess, Success, and by Stephan Paternot, Andrew Essex (2001)
"I hopped back into my car and hightailed it up to Cornell. I found Todd, and we plunged right in. I knew he was the guy to start a business with. ..."

2. Adventure Guide to Germany by Henk Bekker (2005)
"During the Seven Years' War with Prussia and during the revolutionary events of 1848/49 the court hightailed it here. It also served as a prison, ..."

3. A Different Sin by Rochelle H. Schwab (1993)
""Have you seen Zach?" "Nope. I've been stuck at my drawing board since I got back, same as you. But I heard Greeley hightailed it out the back way, ..."

4. Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement by Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis (2007)
"So Carole and the kids hightailed it down the hall to meet with librarian Nell Box and enlist her help as the kids read to find some answers. ..."

5. Surviving Twilight by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"We then hightailed it to the bunkers just outside our barracks. Everybody was really quiet, none of the usual jovial chatter was going on. ..."

6. The Last Witness from a Dirt Road by Bill Hunt (2005)
"Pal and I just hightailed it down the driveway. I gave a bite of my bean sandwich to my ole yellow dog, and he took almost the whole thing, leaving just a ..."

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