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absquatulate

/æbˈskwɑt͡ʃ.ʊ.leɪt/

absquatulate verb: to leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.

Verb

absquatulate (third-person singular simple present absquatulates, present participle absquatulating, simple past and past participle absquatulated)

  1. (intransitive, slang) 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.1840 January 9, “The President's Message, No. 2”, in Lincoln Telegraph, volume IV, number 41, Bath, Maine, page 3
    • Why, I expect in a year or two to see coffins introduced into the parlors of the Fifth Avenue, and to find them, when their owners fail or absquatulate, advertised for sale at auction, with the rest of the household furniture, at a great sacrifice on the original cost.1860 September, “A Day with the Dead”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 6, number 35

absquatulate meaning in Tamil

absquatulate in Tamil

தப்பியோடு, இடத்தை விட்டு விரைந்து வெளியேறு, ஓடிப் போ, காணாமல் போ, மறைந்துவிடு, ஓடிவிடு

Synonyms of absquatulate

All synonyms of absquatulate

Forms of absquatulate

third-person singular presentabsquatulates
present participleabsquatulating
past participleabsquatulated
pastabsquatulated

Origin of absquatulate

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.

Words formed from absquatulate

Questions about absquatulate

What does absquatulate mean?
Absquatulate means to leave quickly or in a hurry; to depart, flee.
What is absquatulate in Tamil?
Absquatulate in Tamil is தப்பியோடு, இடத்தை விட்டு விரைந்து வெளியேறு, ஓடிப் போ. See Absquatulate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is absquatulate?
Absquatulate is a verb.
How do you pronounce absquatulate?
Absquatulate is pronounced /æbˈskwɑt͡ʃ.ʊ.leɪt/.
What is the past tense of absquatulate?
The past tense of absquatulate is absquatulated.

Words near absquatulate in the dictionary

  1. absotively
  2. absotively posilutely
  3. absotively posolutely
  4. absotutely
  5. ABSP
  6. absquatulate
  7. absquatulated
  8. absquatulates
  9. absquatulating
  10. absquatulation
  11. absquatulations

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