skedaddle

[ UK /skˈɛdædə‍l/ ]
NOUN
  1. a hasty flight
VERB
  1. run away, as if in a panic
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How To Use skedaddle In A Sentence

  • * It may be interesting to note here that in all probability the word "skedaddle," about which there was some controversy during the war, came from the Virginia negro's use of "skaddle," which is a corruption of "scatter. Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser
  • Last we saw the hybrid, he had skedaddled after unwillingly biting his love Caroline due to his sire bond with Klaus. The Vampire Diaries' Michael Trevino: Bill Forbes Will (Try To) Break Tyler's Sire Bond
  • Recently, a neighbour suggested that the nearby park be used for soccer for nearby kids, who are currently forced to skedaddle great distances for their games.
  • The taxi driver took a look around, tried vainly to make peace, did not like what he was seeing, leapt back in his taxi, and skedaddled.
  • They "skedaddled" one night -- that was the time this ugly word originated -- and took refuge in the woods with their guns; and not long after, it is supposed, they built this log fortalice in the depths of the wilderness. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine
  • I'll help you with your camera in the morning, but you kidlets better skedaddle now. FAMILY PICTURES
  • What kind of a guv is he and what in the blazes was he thinking, when he skedaddled to Argentina, so urgently? SC state lawmaker calls for Sanford investigation
  • The staff skedaddled to rescue their homes from the blaze.
  • That should have been Schiller's and Liley's cue to skedaddle. NPR fundraisers ignored unmistakable red flags
  • Mr. Penrose "skedaddled" after the bell-boy with unmistakable alacrity. The Dude Wrangler
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