Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to absquatulate
Participle: absquatulated
Gerund: absquatulating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | absquatulate |
| you | absquatulate |
| he;she;it | absquatulates |
| we | absquatulate |
| you | absquatulate |
| they | absquatulate |
Perfect
| I | have absquatulated |
| you | have absquatulated |
| he;she;it | has absquatulated |
| we | have absquatulated |
| you | have absquatulated |
| they | have absquatulated |
Past
| I | absquatulated |
| you | absquatulated |
| he;she;it | absquatulated |
| we | absquatulated |
| you | absquatulated |
| they | absquatulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had absquatulated |
| you | had absquatulated |
| he;she;it | had absquatulated |
| we | had absquatulated |
| you | had absquatulated |
| they | had absquatulated |
Future
| I | will absquatulate |
| you | will absquatulate |
| he;she;it | will absquatulate |
| we | will absquatulate |
| you | will absquatulate |
| they | will absquatulate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have absquatulated |
| you | will have absquatulated |
| he;she;it | will have absquatulated |
| we | will have absquatulated |
| you | will have absquatulated |
| they | will have absquatulated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | absquatulate |
| you | absquatulate |
| he;she;it | absquatulate |
| we | absquatulate |
| you | absquatulate |
| they | absquatulate |
Perfect
| I | have absquatulated |
| you | have absquatulated |
| he;she;it | have absquatulated |
| we | have absquatulated |
| you | have absquatulated |
| they | have absquatulated |
Imperfect
| I | absquatulated |
| you | absquatulated |
| he;she;it | absquatulated |
| we | absquatulated |
| you | absquatulated |
| they | absquatulated |
Pluperfect
| I | had absquatulated |
| you | had absquatulated |
| he;she;it | had absquatulated |
| we | had absquatulated |
| you | had absquatulated |
| they | had absquatulated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would absquatulate |
| you | would absquatulate |
| he;she;it | would absquatulate |
| we | would absquatulate |
| you | would absquatulate |
| they | would absquatulate |
Perfect
| I | would have absquatulated |
| you | would have absquatulated |
| he;she;it | would have absquatulated |
| we | would have absquatulated |
| you | would have absquatulated |
| they | would have absquatulated |
Imperative
| you | absquatulate |
| we | Let's absquatulate |
| you | absquatulate |
Verbs conjugated like 'absquatulate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'absquatulate'
spatulate,
ubiquitylate,
ablaqueate,
absinthiate,
acculturate,
accumulate,
aestuate,
affatuate,
aquaplane,
assimulate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to move at full speed in retreat; to escape
- amscray, beat a retreat, beat feet, beat it, blow this popsicle stand, bolt, book it, do a bunk, flee, fly the coop, get lost, get out, gnash, head for the hills, hightail, hightail it, hit the road, jump, kick rocks, leg it, make a break for it, make a run for it, make tracks, namous, peg it, rabbit, run a mile, run away, run for the hills, run off, scamper, scarper, scat, scram, shemozzle, skedaddle, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to one's heels, take to the hills, tear off, turn tail, vamoose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1837, "Facetious U.S. coinage" [Weekley], perhaps rooted in mock-Latin negation of squat "to settle."
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
4. Proto-Indo-European *-o
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
6. Proto-Italic *ap
7. Latin abder.
8. Latin abs-
9. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
10. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
11. Proto-Italic *kom
12. Proto-Italic *kom-
13. Latin con-
14. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
15. Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder.
16. Proto-Italic *-ðō
17. Latin -dō
18. Latin condō
19. Latin abscondōder.
20. Middle French abscondrebor.
21. ▲
22. Latin abscondōbor.
23. English abscond
24. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
25. Proto-Indo-European *-s
26. Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
27. Proto-Italic *eks
28. Latin ex
29. Latin ex-
30. Old French es-
31. ▲
32. Latin co-
33. Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
34. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
35. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
36. Proto-Italic *agō
37. Latin agō
38. Latin cōgō
39. Latin coāctusder.
40. Old French quatir
41. Old French esquatirder.
42. Middle English squatten
43. English squat
44. Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
45. Proto-Italic *peri-
46. Latin per-
47. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
48. Proto-Indo-European *-s
49. Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?
50. Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.
51. Proto-Italic *amβi-
52. Latin ambi-
53. Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.
54. Proto-Italic *alō
55. Latin *alō
56. Latin ambulō
57. Latin perambulō
58. Latin perambulātusbor.
59. English perambulate
60. blend
61. English absquatulate
62. Attested since the 1830s in American English, a jocular mock-Latin word. Blend of abscond + squat + perambulate, as ab- (“away (from)”) (as in abscond) + squat + *-ulate (as in perambulate, properly -ate), hence meaning “get up (from a squat) and depart (quickly)”. The middle portion was perhaps influenced by -le (“(frequentative)”) and the dialectal term squattle (“depart”); compare contemporary skedaddle.
Sample Sentences
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Even within the past year, several Land Officers and keepers of public monies--the Collector of New Orleans and Plattsburg--the Post Masters of Mobile and Worcester have made serious and prominent additions to the long catalogue of absquatulating defaulters. [1840 January 9, “The President's Message, No. 2”, in Lincoln Telegraph, volume IV, number 41, Bath, Maine, page 3:]
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Why, I expect in a year or two to see coffins introduced into the parlors of the Fifth Avenue, and to find them, when their owners fail or absquatulate, advertised for sale at auction, with the rest of the household furniture, at a great sacrifice on the original cost. [1860 September, “A Day with the Dead”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 6, number 35:]
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Whilst I was looking for the books, Lord Orville came in. He looked uncommonly down in the mouth, as he said: ‘Is this true, Miss Anville; are you going to cut?‘ ‘To absquatulate, Lord Orville,’ said I, still pretending that I was looking for the books. [1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers:]
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"[…]Now I see you again—I’m satisfied. I’m satisfied completely. See? I’m going to absquatulate, see? Hey Presto right away.”
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He turned to his tea for a moment, finished his cup noisily, stood up. [1910, H. G. Wells, The history of Mr. Polly:]