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Definition: Skedaddle |
SkedaddleVerb1. Run away, as if in a panic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skedaddle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references) |
Note: Skedaddle \Ske*dad"dle\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Skedaddled; present participle verb or noun Skedaddling.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Skedaddle To run away, to be scattered in rout. The Scotch apply the word to the milk spilt over the pail in carrying it. During the late American war, the New York papers said the Southern forces were "skedaddled" by the Federals. (Saxon, scedan, to pour out; Chaldee, scheda; Greek, skeda'o, to seatter.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Avoidance | Beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate, cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape; go away; (depart); abandon; reject. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Skedaddle |
| English words defined with "skedaddle": Skedaddled, Skedaddling. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Skedaddle Gold (1927) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Jeff's last skedaddle off to the last ditch. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
skedaddle | 9 |
charley skedaddle | 8 |
skedaddle stroller | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "skedaddle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ua mbath (abscond, break away, bugger off, buzz off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | офейквам (abscond, bunk, cut, cut away, cut one's lucky, decamp, give leg-bail, hop off, leg it, make off, nip off, run off, scamper, scarper, scoot, scuttle off, skip, sling one's hook, slope, take to one's heel, vamoose), изпарявам се (boil down, dry off, evaporate, exhale, fume, make one's scarce, make oneself scarce, mosey, ooze, scat, steam away, vanish into the void, vapor, vaporize, vapour, volatilize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرارکردن (Abscond, Elope, Escape, Flight, Scape, Stampede), پابفرارگذاردن , گریختن (Abscond, Desert, Escape, Runaway, Shun, Slip), باعجله رفتن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | türmen (abscond, bunk, pile, pile up, run off, take to smb.'s heels, to bunk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φεύγω εν πανικώ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hirtelen meglógás, gyors megfutamodás, ész nélküli futás, általános bomlás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | trog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edaddleskay fugir precipitadamente (stampede), debandar (disband, disembody). (various references) fugi în dezordine (stampede). (various references) удирать (bung off, bunk, change one's base, decamp, get away, guy, scoot, scooted, vamoose, vamose). (various references) kidnuti, dati se u bekstvo (turn tail). (various references) salir pitando (belt out, blast). (various references) snabb reträtt, kuta i väg. (various references) รีบวิ่งหนี. (various references) sıvışmak (decamp, do a bunk, duck, fade, flee, get away, hook it, light out, make off, make tracks, nip off, scram, sheer off, shift away, sidle away, skin out, skip it, slide, slink off, sneak out of, take french leave, take wing), sıvışma (bunk, decampment, french leave, scuttle, wing), tabanları yağlamak (bunk, run, scoot, take to one's heel), tabanları yağlama, tüymek (bolt, bunk, flee, hook it, make a bolt for it, make oneself scarce, pull out, scuttle, sheer off, skip out, slink off, slip off, take a powder, take flight, take wing), tüyme (scamper), apar topar kaçma. (various references) тікати (abscond, beat, bung off, chivvy, chivy, elope, flee, go off, hop it, light out, run away, scat, scoot, scram, scurry away, skirr, trundle), тікання, втеча (bolt, bunk, decampment, escapade, escape, escapement, get away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skedaddle": skedaddled, skedaddler, skedaddlers, skedaddles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "skedaddle" (pronounced 'Ske*dad"dle'): Astraddle, Bandle, Beadle, Befuddle, Begirdle, Bemuddle, Bestraddle, Bodle, Boodle, Brandle, Caboodle, Candle, Coddle, Co-meddle, Croodle, Dandle, Encradle, fondle, Furdle, griddle, grindle, manhandle, Maudle, mishandle, Miskindle, noddle, Nuddle, Overhandle, Overmeddle, Piddle, Poodle, Pundle, Reddle, Reenkindle, rekindle, Rindle, Rondle, rundle, Scuddle, sidle, Spaddle, Subbeadle, treadle, tweedle, Unbridle, Unbundle, Unriddle, unsaddle, Unswaddle, Windle. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-d-e-e-k-l-s" | |
-2 letters: daddles, deleads, saddled, sledded. | |
-3 letters: addled, addles, daddle, delead, leaded, leaked, leased, saddle, sealed, slaked. | |
-4 letters: added, addle, aedes, akees, asked, dales, deads, deals, dedal, deeds, deked, dekes, deled, deles, eased, easel, kales, keels, laded, lades, laked, lakes, lased, leads, leaks, lease, leeks, skald, skeed, slake, sleek. | |
-5 letters: adds, akee, alee, ales, dads, daks. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-d-e-e-k-l-s" | |
+1 letter: skedaddled, skedaddler, skedaddles. | |
+2 letters: skedaddlers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6B 65 64 61 64 64 6C 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101011 01100101 01100100 01100001 01100100 01100100 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S k e d a d d l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006B 0065 0064 0061 0064 0064 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537771706770707871 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, "ερμανός, német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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