skidoo
UK/ˈskiˌduː//ˈskiˌdu/
skidoo verb: to depart, especially to depart quickly. Also the alternative letter-case form of Skidoo.
Verb (1)
skidoo (third-person singular simple present skidoos, present participle skidooing, simple past and past participle skidooed)
- 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
- 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
- “Twenty-three skidoo!” was an all-embracing, meaningless, smart-alecky comment of the day, something in essence like one of its grandchildren, “So's your old man!”1951, Tim Cohane, The Yale Football Story, page 161
Noun (1)
skidoo
- A light that flashes on and off to make it more eye-catching.
- More than 1,000 winking or "skidoo" lamps will be hung in the vines and shrubbery on cither side of the Flirtation Path and they will wink and blink from 7 o'clock in the evening until midnight.1906, Electrical World - Volume 48, page 835
- Important among the devices which utilize these differences in expansion are the automatic fire alarm, the thermostat and the mechanism for operating the "skidoo" lamp used in signs.1925, William Ballantyne Anderson, Physics for Technical Students, page 236
Verb (2)
skidoo (third-person singular simple present skidoos, present participle skidooing, simple past and past participle skidooed)
- 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
- Even skidooing on the farm in my younger years was not that much fun though I recall one time after a storm, I had gone skidooing and I hit some unexpected snow drifts that sent that skidoo flying into the air one minute and plummeting back down the next.2014, Cassie Merko, Small Beginnings
Noun (2) capitalized: Skidoo
Skidoo (plural Skidoos)
- A snowmobile.
Verb (3) capitalized: Skidoo
Skidoo (third-person singular simple present Skidoos, present participle Skidooing, simple past and past participle Skidooed)
- Alternative letter-case form of skidoo: To use a snowmachine
Also used as
skidoo is also the alternative letter-case form of Skidoo.
Forms of skidoo
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | skidoos |
| present participle | skidooing |
| past participle | skidooed |
| past | skidooed |
| alternative form | skiddoo |
| third-person singular present | Skidoos |
| present participle | Skidooing |
| past participle | Skidooed |
| past | Skidooed |
| Noun | |
| plural | skidoos |
| plural | Skidoos |
| alternative form | Ski-doo |
| alternative form | SkiDoo |
| alternative form | Ski-Doo |
| alternative form | Ski doo |
| alternative form | Ski Doo |
Origin of skidoo
Uncertain. Perhaps related to skedaddle. Attested since the early twentieth century.
See Skidoo.
From the trademark Ski-Doo, originally an erroneous rendering of "Ski-Dog" that was adopted as the official brand name of the first snowmobile.
Words formed from skidoo
Phrases with skidoo
Words that rhyme with skidoo
Questions about skidoo
- What does skidoo mean?
- Skidoo means to depart, especially to depart quickly.
- What part of speech is skidoo?
- Skidoo can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce skidoo?
- Skidoo is pronounced /ˈskiˌduː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of skidoo?
- The past tense of skidoo is skidooed.
Words near skidoo in the dictionary
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