hightail

Questions about hightail

What does hightail mean?

hightail means "retreat at full speed".

How many syllables are in hightail?

hightail has 2 syllables: high-tail. The stress falls on "tail".

What is another word for hightail?

Close synonyms include high-tail. 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.

Is hightail a common word?

hightail is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.