Definitions for skedaddle

skedaddle ske·dad·dle

Spelling: [ski-dad-l]
IPA: /skɪˈdæd l/

Skedaddle is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in skedaddle (adddeekls).

Definitions for skedaddle

noun

  1. a hasty flight.

verb (used without object)

  1. to run away hurriedly; flee.

Origin of skedaddle

1860-65, Americanism; compare dial. (Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly

Examples for skedaddle

The fight lasted about three hours, when the rebs were obliged to skedaddle.

skedaddle, to; to run away; a word introduced during the civil war.

Everything was in confusion, and all was helter-skelter, skurry, and skedaddle.

For the formation we may compare American vamose, to skedaddle, from Span.

In the skedaddle and panic that occurred later in the day, Joe, with many others, was taken prisoner by the Johnnies.

But I would; I'd like no better fun than to rush right in and skedaddle the rebels with the bayonet; that's the way to do it!

Now skedaddle into your own rooms, but don't you dare to sit down for a moment.

skedaddle onto the equally heart-stopping Million Dollar Highway to Ouray and Telluride.

Grandpa had flapped his hands at the children and said, "skedaddle, young-ones!"

They skedaddle like lightning if they see so much as Rachel's shadow.

Word Value for skedaddle
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Words with friends

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