full-tilt boogie



full-tilt boogie

1. adverb At the highest capacity or most extreme rate possible; rapidly, recklessly, or with full abandon. When I first bought the car, it was a total hunk of junk; but after a few months of work, it's now running full-tilt boogie. When the police showed up, everyone darted full-tilt boogie out of the house.
2. noun An extreme level of performance, capacity, or energy. We've reached a full-tilt boogie in the office, with everyone working extra hours to get the project off the ground.
See also: boogie

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Rabindra-Bengali
Sudhir-Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
IngegerdING-e-yerd (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Mariannamer-ee-AN-ə (English), mar-ee-AN-ə (English), mahr-YAHN-nah (Polish)Italian, English, Hungarian, Slovak, Polish, Greek
Flo[fləu]
&Aelig;Lfgifu-Anglo-Saxon