skedaddle
To move or run away quicklyTo move or run away quickly.
» I have to skedaddle.
Мне нужно драпать.
Meaning
2 senses(US, informal, intransitive)To move or run away quickly.
abhauen, türmen
дра́патьdrápatʹ, улепётыватьulepjótyvatʹ, удира́тьudirátʹ
run away, as if in a panic
(regional, transitive)To spill; to scatter.
Examples
2 sentencesI have to skedaddle.
ruМне нужно драпать.
I've got to skedaddle or I'll be late.
Translations
7 languagesOrigin
First use appears c. 1861, in the New York Tribune. The word appeared and gained prominencFirst 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”), of North Germanic/Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse *skǫðull; akin to Old Norse skaði (“harm”). Possibly related to the Ancient Greek σκέδασις (skédasis, “scattering”), σκεδασμός (skedasmós, “dispersion”). Possibly related to scud or scat.
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Forms
skedaddles, skedaddling, skedaddled, skedaddled| Base form | skedaddle · to skedaddle |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | skedaddles |
| Present participle | skedaddling |
| Past simple | skedaddled |
| Past participle | skedaddled |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
12 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle