high-tail

1. 1.

   retreat at full speed

   “The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant”

   Synonymshightail

   Broaderflee

Questions about high-tail

What does high-tail mean?

high-tail means "retreat at full speed".

How many syllables are in high-tail?

high-tail has 2 syllables and divides as high--tail under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for high-tail?

Close synonyms include hightail. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.