absquatulate

pronunciation

How to pronounce absquatulate in British English: UK [əb'skwɒtjʊleɪt]word uk audio image

How to pronounce absquatulate in American English: US [æb'skwɒtʃəˌleɪt] word us audio image

  • Verb:
    run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Word Origin

absquatulate (v.)
1837, "Facetious U.S. coinage" [Weekley], perhaps based on a mock-Latin negation of squat "to settle." Said to have been used by the U.S. Western character "Nimrod Wildfire" in the play "The Kentuckian," as re-written by British author William B. Bernard and staged in London in 1833. Related: Absquatulated; absquatulating.

Example

1. Kingcraft is born to be in thought absquatulate , be called by the teacher , confused .
2. The teacher used chromatic chalk to draw two function curve on blackboard , he discovers I am in suddenly absquatulate , call me to stand up answer problem .

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