absquatulate
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absquatulate
- /æbˈskwɑt͡ʃ.ʊ.leɪt/
- /æbzˈkwɑt͡ʃ.ʊ.leɪt/
- /æbzˈkwɑt͡ʃ.ə.leɪt/
Where it comes from
Attested since the 1830s in American English, a jocular mock-Latin word. Blend of abscond + squat + perambulate, as ab- (“away (from)”) (as in abscond) + squat + *-ulate (as in perambulate, properly -ate), hence meaning “get up (from a squat) and depart (quickly)”. The middle portion was perhaps influenced by -le (“(frequentative)”) and the dialectal term squattle (“depart”); compare contemporary skedaddle.
verb absquatulates · absquatulating · absquatulated
- To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee. Even within the past year, several Land Officers and keepers of public monies--the Collector of New Orleans and Plattsburg--the Post Masters of Mobile and Worcester have made serious and prominent additions to the long catalogue of absquatulating defaulters.
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verb to leave quickly or in a hurry; to take oneself off; to decamp; to depart
| 한국어 | 뺑소니치다 ppaengsonichida, 종적을 감추다 jongjeogeul gamchuda |
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| 日本語 | 逃げる nigeru |
| Português | pirar-se, pisgar-se, dar o fora |
| Deutsch | fliehen, fortlaufen, davonmachen |
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title = {absquatulate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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