SKEDADDLING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

skedaddling

verb

present participle of skedaddle

as in retreating

to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening we skedaddled as soon as we saw the snake entering our campsite

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Gabriel Moreno hit an RBI single in the fourth and, after Kyle Hart walked the bases loaded in the sixth, Perdomo cleared them with a double that bounced off the glove of retreating center fielder Jackson Merrill and then off the padded fence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
The brand has been retreating by the month back to its roots in Florida.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of retreating

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Witnesses to the March 8 shooting reported seeing a white Tesla Model 3 with a paper license plate fleeing the scene.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Attorneys for Carter, who is Black, have said witnesses saw a White man fleeing the crime scene and that an investigator suppressed evidence that could implicate other suspects, including the victim’s husband, Orla Olesen.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of fleeing

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Bombers flying from South Dakota to targets in Iran would cost more in fuel and flying time than those taking off from England's Cotswolds region, which is 3,900 miles closer to Tehran.

— Steve Hendrix, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Experts who study bats say that, although residents should practice caution, the odds of getting rabies from the flying creatures remain very low.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of flying

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Dyson built the CameraJet around 16 million lines of code and a model trained on 470,000 dental images, bolting a camera, pump, fluid system and software onto a device people have historically cleaned with nylon bristles.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Now every SaaS company that spent the last three years bolting AI features onto legacy infrastructure just got very expensive news.

— Rafael Flores, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bolting

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Two blocks of six films each, running roughly an hour apiece, will precede the awards and the jury announcement.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Jadan Baugh, who had been receiving some early Heisman Trophy hype after running for 11 touchdowns over his first four games, carried 12 times for only 13 yards.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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