skedaddle

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

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

Noun

The act of running away; a scurrying off.

Konzepte

abhauen

flüchten

türmen

entfliehen

fliehen

weglaufen

Synonyme

run away

escape

flee

scurry

scram

scoot

make off

dart

🎯

decamp

fly

✈️

gallop

get a move on

hurry

hurtle

leave

play truant

race

run

shoot

speed

sprint

take off

tear

cut and run

zip

zoom

abscond

copout

absquatulate

beetle

🪲

bolt

career

charge

cut out

Übersetzungen

déguerpir

irse

largarse

scappare

λακίζω

παίρνω δρόμο

φεύγω

fuite précipitée

φεύγω εν πανικώ

s'échapper

s'enfuir

πιλαλώ

fuggire

scappa

δραπετεύω

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/skɪˈdædəl/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: scathel

Geerbt von Altenglisch: *scaþol

Verwandt mit Altgriechisch: σκέδασις

In summary

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 North Germanic/Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse *sköþull; or from Old English *scaþol, *sceaþol (see scathel); akin to Old Norse skaði (“harm”). Possibly related to the Ancient Greek σκέδασις (skédasis, “scattering”), σκεδασμός (skedasmós, “dispersion”). Possibly related to scud or scat. It is possibly a corruption of "Let's get outa here".