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ske⋅dad⋅dle
[ski-dad-l] 
verb, -dled, -dling, noun Informal.–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to run away hurriedly; flee. |
–noun
| 2. | a hasty flight. |
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; cf. dial. (Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly
1860–65, Americanism; cf. dial. (Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly
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| ske·dad·dle (skĭ-dād'l) intr.v. ske·dad·dled, ske·dad·dling, ske·dad·dles Informal To leave hastily; flee. [Origin unknown.] |
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Skedaddle
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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skedaddle
"to run away," 1861, American Civil War military slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to earlier use in northern England dialect with a meaning "to spill."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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