post-haste

1. 1.

   as fast as possible; with all possible haste

   “send it to me post-haste”

Questions about post-haste

What does post-haste mean?

post-haste means "as fast as possible; with all possible haste".

How many syllables are in post-haste?

post-haste has 2 syllables and divides as pos-t-haste 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.

Is post-haste a common word?

post-haste is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.