skedaddling

Variant of skedaddle

skedaddle definition

ske·dad·dle (ski dad′'l)

intransitive verb skedaddled -·dled, skedaddling -·dling

Informal to run off or away; leave in a hurry

Etymology: popularized in military slang of Civil War period: prob. a fanciful formation

noun

Informal a running or scurrying away

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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