absquatulate

Meanings

Verb

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
To leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

abscond, bolt, decamp, go off, leave, make off, run off, skedaddle, vamoose

Scrabble Score: 23

absquatulate is not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
absquatulate is not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
absquatulate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 27

absquatulate is a valid Words With Friends word