skedaddles
Makes hasty departure
Skedaddles means runs away hurriedly, especially in a panicked or hasty retreat: When the cops showed up, everyone skedaddled.
The word has a playful, informal tone—you might skedaddle from an awkward conversation or tell kids to skedaddle when they're underfoot.
It suggests quick, slightly undignified departure rather than orderly exit.
Departs hastily, slang
- boltsThreaded metal fasteners
- vamoosesDeparts hastily
- escapesActs of fleeing
- fleesDeparts to escape danger
runs · dashes · scatters · retreats · hightails · splits · takes off · beats it
scrams
Departs hastily, slang
flees · runs · dashes · scatters · retreats · hightails · splits · takes off · beats it · makes tracks
rushes
Moves very quickly
scurries · races · speeds · darts · sprints · tears · zooms · zips · scoots · whizzes
dodges
Evades with quick movement
sidesteps · skirts · escapes · ditches · abandons · deserts · ghosts · vanishes · slips away · ducks out