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skedaddle

[ ski-dad-l ]

/ skɪˈdæd l /

Informal.

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verb (used without object), ske·dad·dled, ske·dad·dling.

to run away hurriedly; flee.

noun

a hasty flight.

Origin of skedaddle

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

Words nearby skedaddle

skean, skean dhu, skean-dhu, skeat, sked, skedaddle, skedaddler, skee, skee-ball, skeech, skeef

Example sentences from the Web for skedaddle

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

The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take |Lonely Planet |April 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
During the night the enemy made their appearance, the bell was rung and the skedaddle enacted!

Our campaign around Gettysburg |John Lockwood
The defence was too strong, and our force too small; we had to skedaddle, or we'd have seen Libby in a way we didn't like.

The Militants |Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
But Lieutenant Bennett got his guns in position, and sent over several shells, which caused them to “skedaddle” in all directions.

Our Battery |Orlando P. Cutter

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

The Right Stuff |Ian Hay
For the formation we may compare American vamose, to skedaddle, from Span.

The Romance of Words (4th ed.) |Ernest Weekley

British Dictionary definitions for skedaddle

skedaddle

/ (skɪˈdædəl) informal /

verb

(intr) to run off hastily

noun

a hasty retreat

Word Origin for skedaddle

C19: of unknown origin