Definition of "tantivy" in English

adverb

1. (obsolete) At full tilt

   • Fryar John began to paw, neigh and whinny at the Snout's end, as one ready to leap, or at least to play the Ass, and get up and ride tantivy to the Devil like a Beggar on Horseback.

noun

1. (obsolete) A rapid gallop

   • a. 1658, John Cleveland, letter to a Parliament Officer at Grantham Sir , I expected to hear from you in the Language of the lost Groat , and the Prodigal Son , and not in such a Tantivy of Language

2. (informal) The sound of a hunting horn in imitation of a galloping horse

verb

1. (intransitive) To hurry off.