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View synonyms for skedaddle

skedaddle

[ ski-dad-l ]

verb (used without object)

, ske·dad·dled, ske·dad·dling.
  1. to run away hurriedly; flee.


noun

  1. a hasty flight.

skedaddle

/ skɪˈdædəl /

verb

  1. intr to run off hastily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a hasty retreat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skedaddle1

1860–65, Americanism; compare dial. ( Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skedaddle1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Skedaddle onto the equally heart-stopping Million Dollar Highway to Ouray and Telluride.

Obedient to this command The Hopper made the car skedaddle, but superstitious dread settled upon him more heavily.

Let him plant his light and airy form onto the Long Bridge, make faces at the hirelin' foe, and they'll skedaddle!

The prairie took fire from Company G's cook-fire, making us skedaddle at a double-quick.

Truxton shot one of 'em, but that put the infernals in the rest, an the old feller had to 'skedaddle,' as they say in these days.

If we got interfered with by anybody official, we meant to talk some rot about the Borough Surveyor, and skedaddle if necessary.

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