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full tilt boogie en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /fʊl tɪlt ˈbʊ.ɡi/
• (Australia) audio
• fŏŏl tĭlt bŏŏ-gi

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) At the most extreme level; at full capacity.
   • So we ran, full tilt boogie. Behind us, the footsteps echoed. ¶ Natalie and I shot around the corner. Before our pursuers appeared, I pointed up. Natalie flapped to the roof. I scrambled after her. 2004, Bruce Hale, The Malted Falcon, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 55:
   • I told myself, I'm going to die reaching these goals. I had to go full-tilt boogie, or I'd suck. 2006, Mike Zimmerman, Men's Health; Succeed Like This Joker, Rodale, Inc., page 166

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Translations (1)

fi täyttä häkää (at the most extreme level; at full capacity)

full tilt boogie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fʊl tɪlt ˈbʊ.ɡi/
• (Australia) audio
• fŏŏl tĭlt bŏŏ-gi

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, slang, uncountable) An extreme level.
   • Within a year of his release, he'd OD'd on the full-tilt boogie. 2007, Alafair Burke, Dead Connection, Macmillan, page 203:
   • Full capacity is the zinger, of course. When production hits full-tilt boogie sometime this year, the annualized rate will be about 40,000 units. 1990, Tony Swan, Popular Mechanics; Freewheeling, Hearst Magazines, page 30

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Relateds

full tilt · at full tilt

Synonyms

out of control · full-bore · full throttle

Translations (1)

fi täysi hönkä (an extreme level)