The meaning of SKEDADDLE is to leave immediately : run away, scram; especially : to flee in a panic. How to use skedaddle in a sentence.
The meaning of SKEDADDLE is to leave immediately : run away, scram; especially : to flee in a panic. How to use skedaddle in a sentence.
1862 (Whitman), "hut, shed, shelter," American English slang, popularized among soldiers in the U.S. Civil War, but like much of the soldier's slang (e.g.skedaddle,shoddy), it is of uncertain origin. Perhaps it is an alteration ofshebeen(q.v.), butshebangmeaning "tavern," a see...