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skedaddle
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Word definitions for skedaddle in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to run away," 1861, American Civil War military slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to earlier use in northern England dialect with a meaning "to spill." Liberman says it "has no connection with any word of Greek, Irish, or Swedish, and it is not ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To move or run away quickly.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. run away, as if in a panic
Usage examples of skedaddle.
He skedaddled from the rec area, and the boarding party wants him back.
Best to turn around and skedaddle like the cowardly chickenshit I was.
The waitress recognized him from something she'd seen on the news, called the cops, and then skedaddled out the backdoor with two of her regulars.
I just skedaddled out my apartment door when I heard him prowl the porch outside my view window, I just dropped and jumped.
He skedaddled from the rec area, and the boarding party wants him back.
Why, the rest of the troops over in West Tennessee used to call our Brigade 'Leggett's Cavalry,' for they always had us chasing Old Forrest, and we kept him skedaddling, too, pretty lively.
I still can see Eula Lemoy, her robe hitched up to her waist, skedaddling across the gravel bar.
So just turning off the temporooter and skedaddling is out of the question.
It's a wingless bird so big and fierce even one of Podarge's pets would skedaddle away from it.