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   skedaddle

   /skɪˈdadl/

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   • 1. depart quickly or hurriedly; run away: informal "when he saw us, he skedaddled"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

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   What does Skedaddle mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of SKEDADDLE is to leave immediately : run away, scram; especially : to flee in a panic.

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   What does Scaddle mean in English?

   • probably alteration of British dialect scaddle to run off in a fright, from scaddle, adjective, wild, timid, skittish, from Middle English scathel, skadylle harmful, fierce, wild, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skathi harm — more at scathe 1859, in the meaning defined above “Skedaddle.”

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   What was a wild Skedaddle?

   • They lost hundreds of men as prisoners in what was called a wild skedaddle. This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What happens when you Skedaddle?

   • When you skedaddle, you leave very suddenly. A kid who breaks a window with her baseball might decide to skedaddle before her neighbor comes home from work. You might decide to skedaddle from your aunt's party before she starts showing the slides from her vacation ten years ago, or skedaddle from the town swimming pool when it starts to rain.

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   When should you Skedaddle?

   • You might decide to skedaddle from your aunt's party before she starts showing the slides from her vacation ten years ago, or skedaddle from the town swimming pool when it starts to rain. In either case, you're getting out of there, and fast.

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   What was the difference between a Skedaddle and a retreat?

   • We had a bit of difference, that ain't here nor there, but she skedaddled outer my house. We skedaddled out the backside of the wagon. The retreats were called "skedaddles," a term invented at the time by some wag. The rebels kicked the bottom out of it by skedaddling as fast as they could.

   SKEDADDLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   The meaning of SKEDADDLE is to leave immediately : run away, scram; especially : to flee in a panic. How to use skedaddle in a sentence.

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   informal uk / skɪˈdæd. ə l / us / skɪˈdæd. ə l /. Add to word list. to run away quickly: Go on, kids, skedaddle! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Running away and escaping. abscond. abscond from somewhere. abscond with someone/something.

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   If you tell someone to skedaddle, you are telling them to run away or to leave a place quickly.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › skedaddleSKEDADDLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   informal us / skɪˈdæd. ə l / uk / skɪˈdæd. ə l / Add to word list. to run away quickly: Go on, kids, skedaddle! SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Running away and escaping. abscond from somewhere. abscond with someone/something. back away phrasal verb. back off phrasal verb. bail out phrasal verb. elopement. elude.

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   Skedaddle definition: to run away hurriedly; flee.. See examples of SKEDADDLE used in a sentence.

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   When you skedaddle, you leave very suddenly. A kid who breaks a window with her baseball might decide to skedaddle before her neighbor comes home from work.

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   Sep 27, 2024 · 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.