jildin.
/ˈdʒɪldi/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪldi/, Indian English /ˈdʒəlði/ Military slang (originally Anglo-Indian).
Haste, as in phrases on the jildi, in a hurry, and to do or move a jildi.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste
hiec1175
hightc1225
rapa1250
hyingc1275
rape?a1300
rekec1330
hastiheada1393
pressa1393
hastea1400
unhonea1400
racec1400
gethea1500
festination1541
festinancy1660
hurry1692
festinance1727
scurry1823
rush1849
jildi1890
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > rapidity or speed of action [interjection] > hurry up
chop-chop1834
iggri1919
jildi1930
1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 24 You put some juldee in it Or I'll marrow you this minute.
1930 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 132 Jildi, quick, look sharp, hurry. Also used in the phrase ‘on the jildi’, e.g. ‘Get them bags filled on the jildi.’
Derivatives
jildi adj. quick.
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1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 59 Jeldi, hurry; run.
1929 F. Manning Middle Parts of Fortune I. iii. 37 As soon as a bit o' shrapnel comes their way, [they] fuck off 'ome jildy, toot sweet.
1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 102 Do a jildi move, to beat a hasty retreat. General Army slang... Among tank men: to take evasive action.
1957 M. K. Joseph I'll soldier no More (1960) 14 Hey, Antonio, where's me rooty? And make it juldy, see?
jildi adv. (also juldily) quickly.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb]
quickly?c1225
hastilyc1275
hastlya1375
speedilya1400
subito?a1640
handy1832
jildi1919
ricky-tick1978
1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 30 Jeldy (Hindi), quickly.
1926 Scots Observer 30 Oct. 21/1 Wullie..would have seen..that the rabbits were moving juldie into the thistles and long grass as he came along. Juldie! What's that? Hindustani for quick.
1972 J. Brown Chancer i. 12 I went out jilty..and there he was.
jildi v. (transitive and absol.) to hurry.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry
hiec1250
skelta1400
hasty?a1425
hasten1534
festinate1652
to look sharp1680
to make play1799
hurry-scurry1809
to tumble up1826
crowd1838
rush1859
hurry1871
to get a move on1888
hurry and scurry1889
to buck up1890
to get a hump on1892
to get a wiggle on1896
to shake a leg1904
to smack it about1914
flurry1917
to step on it (her)1923
to make it snappy1926
jildi1930
to get an iggri on1946
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1930 R. Blaker Medal without Bar vii. 47 Come on. We'll catch 'im if we jildi.
1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 102 Jildi, hurry! Also get a jildi on. (Indian Army.)
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