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Meaning of SKEDADDLE

Pronunciation:  ski'dadl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  run away, as if in a panic
 
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 See Also: break away, bunk, lam, run, run away, scarper, turn tail

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ske*dad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skedaddled}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Skedaddling}.] [Of uncertain etymology.]
To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to
run away. [Slang, U. S.]
 

 

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