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absquatulate

PRONUNCIATION:

(ab-SKWOCH-uh-layt)

MEANING:

verb intr.: To leave in a hurry; to flee.

ETYMOLOGY:

A Mock-Latinate formation, from ab- (away) + squat + -ulate (as in congratulate). First cited from the late 1830s.

USAGE:

“After the Cmmdr finished his audition, everyone absquatulated.”