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absquatulize

absquatulize is the alternative form of absquatulate.

Meaning of absquatulate

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

Forms of absquatulize

third-person singular presentabsquatulizes
present participleabsquatulizing
past participleabsquatulized
pastabsquatulized

Questions about absquatulize

What is absquatulize the alternative form of?
Absquatulize is the alternative form of absquatulate.

Words near absquatulize in the dictionary

  1. absquatulating
  2. absquatulation
  3. absquatulations
  4. absquatulator
  5. absquatulators
  6. absquatulize
  7. absquatulized
  8. absquatulizes
  9. absquatulizing
  10. absque dubio
  11. absque hoc

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Adapted from Wiktionary: absquatulize (page history and authors); absquatulate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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