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skiddoo

skiddoo is the alternative form of skidoo.

Meaning of skidoo

Verb (1)

skidoo (third-person singular simple present skidoos, present participle skidooing, simple past and past participle skidooed)

  1. (Canada, US, informal, intransitive) to depart, especially to depart quickly
    • There goes the supper gong! Annie, you and Mary had better skidoo out of this room or you'll get so many demerits you won't be out of bounds to go home in June.1917, Nell Speed, Back at School with the Tucker Twins
  2. a nonsense word, often an expression of disrespect
    • Then skidoo, little girl, skidoo. / 23 is the number for you.1906, Norman McLoud, Maximilian Foster, The Hermits in Spain

Verb (2)

skidoo (third-person singular simple present skidoos, present participle skidooing, simple past and past participle skidooed)

  1. (Canada, US) To drive or ride on a snowmobile
    • On several evenings, after Glen had finished his work and returned to Resolute, we skidooed out to the Parcol and sat in wait for ‘Sea Biscuit’.1985, Hugh Miles, Mike Salisbury, Kingdom of the Ice Bear, page 79

See all 5 meanings of skidoo

Forms of skiddoo

Verb
third-person singular presentskiddoos
present participleskiddooing
past participleskiddooed
pastskiddooed
Noun
pluralskiddoos

Questions about skiddoo

What is skiddoo the alternative form of?
Skiddoo is the alternative form of skidoo.

Words near skiddoo in the dictionary

  1. skiddingly
  2. skiddings
  3. skiddish
  4. skiddles
  5. skiddly
  6. skiddoo
  7. skiddooed
  8. skiddooing
  9. skiddoos
  10. skiddy
  11. Skidegate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skiddoo (page history and authors); skidoo (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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