skidoo
/ˈskiˌdu/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A snowmobile.
verb
Alternative letter-case form of skidoo: To use a snowmachine
verb
to depart, especially to depart quickly
Canadian usage; American usage; Informal; Intransitive verb
verb
a nonsense word, often an expression of disrespect
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Skidoo (“snowmobile”).
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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!”"
- "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."
- "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."
- ""Almost every day we send up interceptors. If some skidoo has come across a land border by even two meters, we respond.""
Etymology
From the trademark Ski-Doo, originally an erroneous rendering of "Ski-Dog" that was adopted as the official brand name of the first snowmobile.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskiˌdu/
- British English: /ˈskiˌduː/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Skidoos (plural)
Ski-doo (alternative)
Ski doo (alternative)
Skidoos (present, singular)
Skidooing (participle, present)
Skidooed (participle, past)
Skidooed (past)
skiddoo (alternative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Sea-doo
23 skidoo