absquatulate
Leave without notice
Absquatulate means to leave abruptly or flee, typically to avoid trouble or obligation.
The word is deliberately pompous-sounding, coined in 19th-century America as mock-formal humor: The treasurer absquatulated with the club's funds.
It remains rare and playful, used when ordinary words like "flee" or "run off" seem insufficiently theatrical.
Depart hastily, often fearfully
scoot · make tracks · beat it · take a powder · fly the coop · cut and run · head for the hills · take French leave
Flee to avoid capture
- decampDepart abruptly, often secretly
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- vanishCease to be visible
disappear · depart · escape · leave · exit · withdraw · retreat · emigrate
Old and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- quaintAttractively unfamiliar, outdated
old-timey · Victorian · nineteenth-century · period · vintage · anachronistic · literary · whimsical
Depart covertly
- skulkMove with secretive intent
- slip outDepart undetected
- duck outDepart discreetly, unannounced
- surreptitiousDone secretly, avoiding detection
furtive · clandestine · covert · undetected · unnoticed · quietly · inconspicuous · secretive
skedaddle
Depart hastily, often fearfully
hightail · scoot · make tracks · beat it · take a powder · fly the coop · cut and run · head for the hills · take French leave · hit the road
abscond
Flee to avoid capture
vanish · disappear · depart · escape · leave · exit · withdraw · retreat · emigrate · relocate
antiquated
Old and outdated
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- datedOld-fashioned or courted
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
quaint · old-timey · Victorian · nineteenth-century · period · vintage · anachronistic · literary · whimsical · flowery
sneak away
Depart covertly
surreptitious · furtive · clandestine · covert · undetected · unnoticed · quietly · inconspicuous · secretive · stealthy