Etymology

skidoo

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skidoo · verb, noun1

Uncertain. Perhaps related to skedaddle. Attested since the early twentieth century.

skidoo · noun, verb2

See Skidoo.

Skidoo · noun, verb3

From the trademark Ski-Doo, originally an erroneous rendering of "Ski-Dog" that was adopted as the official brand name of the first snowmobile.

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