| 单词 |
skidoo |
| 释义 |
skidoo, v. N. Amer. slang.|skɪˈduː|
Also skiddoo.
[Orig. uncertain, perh. f. skedaddle v.]
1. intr. To go away, leave, or depart hurriedly. Freq. imp.
1905‘H. McHugh’ You can search Me i. 13 Skidoo, skidoo, and quit me, Mr. Josheimer! 1911G. B. Shaw Shewing-up of B. Posnet 404 Outside, Nestor. Out you go... Skiddoo, Nestor. 1949New Yorker 2 Apr. 26/3, I skiddoo and take a trip. 1963B. Malamud Idiots First 135 ‘If you skidoo now..you'll get spit.’ ‘Who's skidooing?’
2. In catch-phrases.
a. Used as an exclamation of disrespect (for a person). Esp. in nonsense association with twenty-three. (temporary.)
1906J. F. Kelly Man with Grip (ed. 2) 99 As for Belmont and Ryan and the rest of that bunch, Skidoo for that crowd when we pass. Ibid. 118 ‘I can see a reason for ‘skidoo’,’ said one, ‘and for ‘23’ also. Skidoo from skids and ‘23’ from 23rd Street that has ferries and depots for 80 per cent. of the railroads leaving New York.’ 1911Maclean's Mag. Oct. 348/1 Surrounded by this conglomerate procession as I went on my way, the urchins would yell ‘Skidoo,’ ‘23 for you!’
b. spec. as twenty-three skidoo: formerly, an exclamation of uncertain meaning; later used imp., go away, ‘scram’.
1926C. T. Ryan in Amer. Speech II. 92/1, I really do not recall which appeared first in my vocabulary, the use of ‘some’ for emphasis or that effective but horrible ‘23-Skiddoo’—perhaps they were simultaneous. 1929Amer. Speech IV. 430 Among the terms which the daily press credits Mr. Dorgan with inventing are:..twenty-three skiddoo (go away). 1957W. Faulkner Town iii. 56 Almost any time now Father would walk in rubbing his hands and saying ‘oh you kid’ or ‘twenty-three skidoo’. 1978D. Bagley Flyaway xi. 80 This elderly, profane woman..used an antique American slang... I expected her to come out with ‘twenty-three, skidoo’. |
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