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absquatulate

/ab-skwoch-uh-leyt/US // æbˈskwɒtʃ əˌleɪt //UK // (æbˈskwɒtjʊˌleɪt) //

荒谬的,荒唐,荒谬的是,荒唐的

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ab·squat·u·lat·ed, ab·squat·u·lat·ing.Slang.

    • : to flee; abscond: The old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel.

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Examples

  • In the 40's to absquatulate was in good usage, but it has since disappeared.

  • To "vamose the ranch" means to clear out, to depart, to cut stick, to absquatulate.

  • Absquatulate was a big word, but she understood it, having come across it one day in the Dictionary.

  • The hybrid but expressive Americanism absquatulate, means to clear off; the reverse of to squat.

  • Prudence warned them to absquatulate, and they determined to cut their lucky, before the inevitable dénouement.