the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To spill; scatter.
To betake one's self hastily to flight; run away; scamper off, as through fear or in panic.
n. A hasty, disorderly flight.
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v. run away, as if in a panic
n. a hasty flight
Word Usage
"And since, in his fright, he didn't "skedaddle" fast enough to suit them, they threw beets and all sorts of vegetables at him, vegetables that had been ripe a very long time."