skedaddle

verb

🔊/skɪˈdædl/

[intransitive] (informal, humorous)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they skedaddle	🔊/skɪˈdædl/ 🔊/skɪˈdædl/
he / she / it skedaddles	🔊/skɪˈdædlz/ 🔊/skɪˈdædlz/
past simple skedaddled	🔊/skɪˈdædld/ 🔊/skɪˈdædld/
past participle skedaddled	🔊/skɪˈdædld/ 🔊/skɪˈdædld/
-ing form skedaddling	🔊/skɪˈdædlɪŋ/ 🔊/skɪˈdædlɪŋ/

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to move away or leave a place quickly, especially in order to avoid somebody匆忙离去，溜走（尤指为了躲避某人）
Word Originmid 19th cent.: of unknown origin.