absquatulate
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[edit] Etymology
Blended jocular mock-Latin word. Arose in America in the 19th century (about 1837). Probably made up of the following parts: The Latin adverb and prefix ab, "away (from)", (maybe taken from abscond), the suffix -ate (maybe taken from perambulate or undulate), and the middle portion, "squatul", which might be a derivation of to squat.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /æbˈskwɑʧəleɪt/
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[edit] Verb
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to absquatulate (third-person singular simple present absquatulates, present participle absquatulating, simple past and past participle absquatulated)
- (intransitive) To leave quickly or in a hurry; to take oneself off; to decamp; to depart.
- (transitive) To cause to absquatulate.
- (intransitive) To die.
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[edit] Translations
to leave quickly or in a hurry; to take oneself off; to decamp; to depart
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to cause to absquatulate
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