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Verb: skedaddle  ski'da-d(u)l
  1. Run away, as if in a panic
Noun: skedaddle  ski'da-d(u)l
  1. A hasty flight

Derived forms: skedaddled, skedaddling, skedaddles

Type of: break away, bunk [informal], escape, flight, fly the coop [informal], head for the hills [informal], hightail it [N. Amer, informal], lam [N. Amer, informal], leg it [Brit, informal], run, run away, scarper [Brit, informal], scat [informal], take to the woods [informal], turn tail [informal]

Encyclopedia: Skedaddle