skedaddled

Meanings

• Verb

  To make a hurried or panicked departure; run away in a disorderly manner.

  - "When the fire alarm went off, everyone in the building skedaddled to the exits."
  - "After discovering a burglar in his home, the homeowner skedaddled out the back door."

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Synonyms

flee , get lost , hightail , kick rocks , make tracks , scat , take off , vamoose

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with skedaddled
daddled , raddled , maddled

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Variants

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skedaddle , skedaddled , skedaddler , skedaddlers , skedaddles , skedaddling

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Etymology

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Originally American English, probably from the Scottish word 'skedaddle', meaning 'to make a hasty retreat'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'skedaddle' first appeared in print in the late 1800s.

2. Skedaddled is sometimes used figuratively to describe a situation where things are happening in a disorganized and hasty manner.

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Related Concepts

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1. Panic: Skedaddled is closely related to the concept of panic, as it describes a hurried and disorderly departure often triggered by fear or danger.

2. Flee: Skedaddled is also related to the concept of fleeing, as it describes a hasty departure from a dangerous or threatening situation.

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Culture

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Skedaddled has been used in various forms of literature and art to depict scenes of panic, chaos, and hurried departures. For example, in Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', Huck and Jim have to skedaddle quickly when they encounter some dangerous men.

How to Memorize "skedaddled"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a crowd of people all rushing and pushing to get out of a building quickly. Imagine yourself in the middle of the chaos, trying to make your way to the exit as fast as possible.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'skedaddled' with the feeling of panic and urgency. Think about the times when you had to leave a place quickly and how you felt during that moment.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'Skedaddled': S = Sprint, K = Keep, E = Escape, D = Dart, D = Dodge, L = Leap, E = Escape.

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