Meaning of skidoo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A light that flashes on and off to make it more eye-catching.
   attributive, obsolete
2. Alternative letter-case form of Skidoo (“snowmobile”).
   alt-of
3. A snowmobile.

Examples

“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.”

“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 finally into the manufacture of small (less than 100-seat) commercial aircraft.”

“He couldn't have seen Peter's skidoo, but he must have seen Peter climbing up the ridgeline. He must have heard Peter's approach on the skidoo.”

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