NOUN (1)

1. a hasty flight;


VERB (1)

1. run away, as if in a panic;

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skedaddle \Ske*dad"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skedaddled; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Skedaddling.] [Of uncertain etymology.]
   To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to
   run away. [Slang, U. S.]
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

skedaddle
    n 1: a hasty flight
    v 1: run away, as if in a panic

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

90 Moby Thesaurus words for "skedaddle":
   abscond, absquatulate, back out, beat a retreat, begone, boggle,
   bolt, career, chicken, chicken out, clear out, cut and run,
   cut out, dart, dash, decamp, depart, desert, desert under fire,
   dog it, elope, falter, fight shy, flee, fling, fly, fugitate, funk,
   funk out, get cold feet, go AWOL, haste, hasten, hie, hightail,
   hump, hump it, hurry, hurtle, jib, jump, jump a mile, jump bail,
   kite, lam, levant, lose courage, make haste, make off, panic, post,
   powder, race, run, run away, run away from, run away with,
   run for it, run off, rush, scamper, scoot, scour, scram, scramble,
   screw, scud, scurry, scuttle, shoot, show the heels, shy, skip,
   skip out, slip the cable, split, stampede, start, start aside,
   startle, step on it, take French leave, take a powder, take flight,
   take off, take to flight, take wing, tear, turn tail, vamoose