skedaddle

verb · nounB2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

skedaddles

V_ing/Gerund

skedaddling

V_ed/pp

skedaddled

1.
(US, informal, intransitive)To move or run away quickly.
2.
(regional, transitive)To spill; to scatter.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

skedaddles

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

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Đồng nghĩa

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skedaddler

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Nguồn gốc từ

First use appears c. 1861, in the New York Tribune. The word appeared and gained prominence in Civil War military contexts around 1861, and rapidly passing into more general use. Possibly an alteration of British dialect scaddle (to run off in a fright), from the adjective scaddle (wild, timid, skittish), from Middle English scathel, skadylle (harmful, fierce, wild), perhaps of /Scandinavian origi…