skedaddle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a hasty flight
  2. verb run away, as if in a panic

WordNet

Ske*dad"dle intransitive verb
Etymology
Of uncertain etymology.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Skedaddled ; present participle & verbal noun Skedaddling
Definitions
  1. To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away. Slang, U. S.

Webster 1913