skedaddle

[ski-dad-l]

verb (used without object)

skedaddled, skedaddling 

1. to run away hurriedly; flee.

noun

1. a hasty flight.

skedaddle

/ skɪˈdædəl /

verb

1. (intr) to run off hastily

noun

1. a hasty retreat

Word History and Origins

Origin of skedaddle¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of skedaddle¹

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Henry, who has psychokinetic powers and an unpredictable temper, apparently blinded a neighbor kid in a fit of pique, forcing the Creels to skedaddle to Indiana.

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Shame on you for skedaddling anonymously and cowardly away.

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But even the vague threat of personal conflict and humiliation was enough to make him skedaddle down to Mar-a-Lago when it was time to go.

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What if instead of staying in the tomb, she skedaddled with a posy to the Renaissance club scene in Paris and found a new love?

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“Pickett was a war criminal who summarily executed 23 U.S. Army soldiers in 1864 and then skedaddled to Canada because he was fearful of being hanged,” Seidule said.

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