![]() Probably alteration of British dialectal scaddle, to run off in fear, from scaddle, wild, thievish, skittish, from Middle English scathel, wild, harmful, probably of Old Norse origin akin to skadha, to hurt, scathe. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'skedaddle.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. ske·dad·dled, ske·dad·dling, ske·dad·dles Informal To leave hastily flee. 2017 After the car rolled backwards into the street, the two guys inside the car skedaddled. Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 9 June 2019 Ron's wife, Jan, wanted to pack up and be ready to skedaddle. If it is instead being cast on summon and not enemy the summon will increase its Dodge and run. Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 13 July 2019 At a news conference on Tuesday-three days before British Prime Minister Theresa May was set to skedaddle off the world stage forever-the president questioned whether anyone was less than thrilled at his presence. Whenever there was work to be done, he skedaddled. Ford had skedaddled, leaving Perot and Dawkins to face the music. daddle ski-da-dl skedaddled skedaddling ski-dad-li -da-dl-i skedaddles Synonyms of skedaddle intransitive verb : to leave immediately : run away, scram I've got to skedaddle or I'll be late. Use our interactive phonemic chart to hear each symbol spoken, followed by an example of the sound in a word. ![]() SI.com, 25 July 2019 Somewhere in the midst of all this, the Rev. 2020 Arsenal have officially confirmed the capture of St Etienne centre back William Saliba, with the Frenchman putting pen to paper on a five-year deal at the Emirates before skedaddling straight back to the Ligue 1 side on loan for 2019/20. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. 2022 Sedan drivers skedaddle like frightened children when this Ranger fills their mirrors. (Scots, N England) skedaddle to scatter skedaddler, n. ![]() Peter Debruge, Variety, The tree totters, ornaments go flying, and cats skedaddle in this sing-along picture book for children ages 3 and older and their families. Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile back at the ranch, Silva tells his son to skedaddle, but not before Jake shows up and tries to arrest him. / skdæd. ![]()
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