23 skidoo
To leave, particularly quickly or at an advantageous time.
... the 'varsity quarter, who at the close of each meeting discards the conventional "I move we adjourn, sir,'" for the more modern "23, skidoo."
skidoo
UK /ˈskiˌduː/ US /ˈskiˌdu/
verb 4noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
better, little, little, used
VERB + SKIDOO
operating, winking
SKIDOO + NOUN
all-embracing, girl, lamp, lamps
PREP.
in, out
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
A snowmobile.
verb
1
Alternative letter-case form of skidoo: To use a snowmachine
verb
1
to depart, especially to depart quickly
There goes the supper gong! Annie, you and Mary had better skidoo out of this room or you'll get so many demerits you won't be out of bounds to go home in June.
2
a nonsense word, often an expression of disrespect
Then skidoo, little girl, skidoo. / 23 is the number for you.
“Twenty-three skidoo!” was an all-embracing, meaningless, smart-alecky comment of the day, something in essence like one of its grandchildren, “So's your old man!”
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Idioms & Phrases
23 Skidoo Street
A fictitious place or a generic place that could refer to any location.
"Apply at once to XYZ, 23 Skidoo St., New York."
Example Bank
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There goes the supper gong! Annie, you and Mary had better skidoo out of this room or you'll get so many demerits you won't be out of bounds to go home in June.
Wiktionary02
Then skidoo, little girl, skidoo. / 23 is the number for you.
Wiktionary03
“Twenty-three skidoo!” was an all-embracing, meaningless, smart-alecky comment of the day, something in essence like one of its grandchildren, “So's your old man!”
Wiktionary04
More than 1,000 winking or "skidoo" lamps will be hung in the vines and shrubbery on cither side of the Flirtation Path and they will wink and blink from 7 o'clock in the evening until midnight.
Wiktionary05
Important among the devices which utilize these differences in expansion are the automatic fire alarm, the thermostat and the mechanism for operating the "skidoo" lamp used in signs.
Wiktionary06
From the manufacture of snowgoing equipment such as snow cats, it diversified first into that of snowmobiles (and later skidoos, or water scooters), then into railcar and locomotive manufacture, and f
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, skidoo is marked as informal, obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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