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单词 skidoo
释义

skidoo1

/skɪˈduː /
(also skiddoo)
verb (skidoos, skidooing, skidooed) [no object] North American informal, dated
Leave somewhere quickly: I skidoo and take a trip...
  • Will he have enough money left to buy whatever it is that Blue wants, or will the pooch skidoo back to Steve's house empty-pawed?
  • The end of the half-inning was the cue for my guests to skidoo.
  • I sighed, wishing I could skidoo, but it was far too late, far too cold, and I was far too tired.

Phrases

twenty-three skidoo

Origin

Early 20th century: perhaps from skedaddle. The term is said to have been used originally in reference to male onlookers chased by police from the Flatiron Building, 23rd Street, New York, where the skirts of female passers-by were raised by winds intensified by the building's design.

Rhymes

Skidoo2

/skɪˈduː /
(also skidoo) chiefly North American
noun trademark
A type of snowmobile.It was an uplifting, exciting feeling to drive the Skidoo pulling only one sledge over a perfectly flat smooth surface....
  • Brian was driving the Skidoo, while I was on the back of the sledge.
  • Whether it is soaring 50 feet through the air on a Skidoo or popping tricks on a board in a half pipe, extreme sports thrive on danger.
verb (skidoos, skidooing, skidooed) [no object]
Ride on a Skidoo: they spend their free time skidooing down mountains...
  • I like to think they spend their free time Skidooing down mountains.

Origin

1960s: an arbitrary formation from ski.

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