skedaddle

Etymology
19th century US - dramatically appearing and gaining prominence in Civil War military contexts around 1861, and rapidly passing into more general use. Possibly an alteration of British dialect, from the adjective , from , , perhaps of /Scandinavian origin, from ; or from , (see ); akin to Old Norse.

Possibly related to the 🇨🇬,. Possibly related to scud or scat.

Verb

 * 1)  To move or run away quickly.
 * 2)  To spill; to scatter.
 * 1)  To spill; to scatter.
 * 1)  To spill; to scatter.
 * 1)  To spill; to scatter.
 * 1)  To spill; to scatter.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , , , , , , ; see also Thesaurus:move quickly, Thesaurus:rush or Thesaurus:flee

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, измъквам се
 * Dutch:, , het op een lopen zetten
 * Finnish: juosta karkuun
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Interlingua: sortir
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: бе́га
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, pigge av,
 * Polish: zwiewać,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, , , , ,

Noun

 * 1)  The act of running away; a scurrying off.

Translations

 * German: Weglaufen, Abhauen,