Idiom
tickety-boo
Meanings
In good order; fine; going smoothly with no problems.
Definition
If something is tickety-boo, it is going well and everything is in good order.
Tickety-boo means that everything is fine, organized, and working as it should. People use it to say a situation has no problems or that a plan is proceeding smoothly. It is a cheerful, informal expression, especially common in British English.
Examples
- Once we updated the software, everything was tickety-boo.
- Don’t worry—the reservations are tickety-boo.
- After a quick rehearsal, the performance was tickety-boo.
- I checked the bills, and it’s all tickety-boo now.
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More adjectives
- gobsmacked Completely shocked or amazed, often so much that you cannot speak.
- gutted If you are gutted, you feel extremely upset and disappointed, often because something went wrong.
- skint If someone is skint, they have no money or almost no money.
- pear-shaped If something goes pear-shaped, it goes wrong or fails unexpectedly.
- sorted If something is sorted, it has been organized into a clear order or arranged into categories.