SKEDADDLE

skedaddle

(noun) a hasty flight

skedaddle

(verb) run away, as if in a panic

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

skedaddle (third-person singular simple present skedaddles, present participle skedaddling, simple past and past participle skedaddled)

(informal, intransitive, US) To move or run away quickly.

(transitive, regional) To spill; to scatter.

Synonyms

• (move or run away quickly): flee, vamoose, scat, take off, make tracks, get lost, kick rocks, hightail; see also move quickly, rush or flee

Noun

skedaddle (plural skedaddles)

(informal) The act of running away; a scurrying off.

Source: Wiktionary


Ske*dad"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skedaddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Skedaddling.] Etym: [Of uncertain etymology.]

Definition: To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. [Slang, U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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