Word of the Day - Skedaddle

[Jace]

Word of the Day - Skedaddle...intro.v. (informal) -died -dling -dles

Def.: To leave hastily; flee.

I think we all heard it...as a kid.

 

[Ruthanne]

I must skedaddle tomorrow to get to the mailbox and send in my rent payment.

 

[dseag2]

Is that still a thing? My grandmother would say "Now skeddadle and go back to your mother" when she'd had enough of me.

 

[Kaila]

Is that still a thing? My grandmother would say "Now skeddadle and go back to your mother" when she'd had enough of me.

That was her nice way of wording it.

But I am sure that she loved every minute she spent with you!

 

[RubyK]

I can't remember anyone ever telling me to skedaddle. But I like the word.