1. Run away, as if in a panic
   "When the alarm sounded, everyone skedaddled"

1. A hasty flight
   "At the sound of sirens, the teenagers made a quick skedaddle from the abandoned building"

Derived forms: skedaddling, skedaddles, skedaddled

Type of: break away, bunk [informal], escape, flight, fly the coop [informal], head for the hills [informal], hightail it [N. Amer, informal], lam [N. Amer, informal], leg it [Brit, informal], run, run away, scarper [Brit, informal], scat [informal], take to the woods [informal], turn tail [informal]

Encyclopedia: Skedaddle