Antonyms for skedaddle

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ski-dad-l

Phonetic Transcription : skɪˈdæd l

Definition of skedaddle

Origin : "to run away," 1861, American Civil War military slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to earlier use in northern England dialect with a meaning "to spill." Liberman says it "has no connection with any word of Greek, Irish, or Swedish, and it is not a blend" [contra De Vere]. He calls it instead an "enlargement of dial. scaddle 'scare, frighten.'" Related: Skedaddled; skedaddling. As a noun from 1870.

verb flee

Example sentences :

They skedaddle like lightning if they see so much as Rachel's shadow.
Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil

For the formation we may compare American vamose, to skedaddle, from Span.
Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley

Everything was in confusion, and all was helter-skelter, skurry, and skedaddle.
Extract from : « The Recollections of A Drummer-Boy » by Harry M. Kieffer

The fight lasted about three hours, when the rebs were obliged to skedaddle.
Extract from : « An Artilleryman's Diary » by Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Now skedaddle into your own rooms, but don't you dare to sit down for a moment.
Extract from : « Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed » by Edna Ferber

Grandpa had flapped his hands at the children and said, "Skedaddle, young-ones!"
Extract from : « Across the Fruited Plain » by Florence Crannell Means

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!
Extract from : « The Drummer Boy » by John Trowbridge

In the skedaddle and panic that occurred later in the day, Joe, with many others, was taken prisoner by the Johnnies.
Extract from : « Drum Taps in Dixie » by Delavan S. Miller

Skedaddle, to; to run away; a word introduced during the civil war.
Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 » by Various

During the night the enemy made their appearance, the bell was rung and the skedaddle enacted!
Extract from : « Our campaign around Gettysburg » by John Lockwood

Synonyms for skedaddle

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