(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:10:12

Ske*dad"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skedaddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Skedaddling (?).] [Of uncertain etymology.]

To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.

[Slang, U. S.]

 

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