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verb
- 1. depart quickly or hurriedly; run away: informal "when he saw us, he skedaddled"
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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.
skedaddle. verb [ I ] 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 from somewhere. abscond with someone/something. back away. back off. bail out. elopement. elude. escape from someone/something.
Skedaddle definition: to run away hurriedly; flee.. See examples of SKEDADDLE used in a sentence.
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. back off. bail out. elopement. elude. escape from someone/something. escape route. escapology. leg.
If you tell someone to skedaddle, you are telling them to run away or to leave a place quickly.
Definition of skedaddle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.