Skedaddle

Etymology
19th century US. Probably an alteration of British dialect, from the adjective , from , , perhaps of Scandinavian origin, from ; or from , (see ); akin to Old Norse. Possibly related to the 🇨🇬,. Possibly related to scud or scat.

Verb

 * 1)  To move or run away quickly.
 * 2) * 1975,, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, pl. 122]:
 * Then filled with inspiration he drove in his Buick, the busted muffler blasting in the country lanes and the great long car skedaddling dangerously on the curves. Lucky for the woodchucks they were already hibernating.
 * 1)  To spill; to scatter.
 * 1)  To spill; to scatter.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , , , ; see also Thesaurus:move quickly, Thesaurus:rush or Thesaurus:flee

Translations

 * Dutch:, , het op een lopen zetten
 * Finnish: juosta karkuun
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Interlingua: sortir
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: stikke av, pigge av,


 * Polish: zwiewać,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , , , ,

Noun

 * 1)  The act of running away; a scurrying off.

Translations

 * German: Weglaufen, Abhauen,