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scoot
(sko͞ot)v. scoot·ed, scoot·ing, scoots
v.intr.
To move or go suddenly and speedily; hurry.
v.tr.
Phrasal Verb: Upper Southern US To squirt with water: "I know I wouldn't scoot down no hog with no hose" (Flannery O'Connor).
scoot over
To move or slide to the side: Scoot that chair over.
[Scots, to eject, squirt, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skjōta, to shoot.]
scoot n.
Our Living Language The verb scoot, meaning "to squirt with water," arose in the American Midlands. Two derived senses, both intransitive verbs, have become more widely known: "to slide suddenly across a surface" and "to move quickly": The mouse scooted across the floor. The phrasal verb scoot over, meaning, in its transitive sense, "to push (someone or something) to the side to make room," also arose in the Midlands but has spread throughout much of the country.
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scoot
(skuːt)vb
1. to go or cause to go quickly or hastily; dart or cause to dart off or away
2. Scot to squirt
n
3. the act of scooting
4. Scot a squirt
[C19 probably of Scandinavian origin; compare shoot]
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scoot
(skut)v.i.
1. to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
v.t. 2. to send or impel at high speed.
n. 3. a swift, darting movement or course.
[1750–60; earlier scout, perhaps < Old Norse skota to push, or skjōta to shoot1]
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scoot
Past participle: scooted
Gerund: scooting
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| Verb | 1. | scoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" plunge - dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly" shoot down, tear, buck, charge, shoot - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hasten - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" |
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scoot
verb dash, run, dart, sprint, bolt, zip, scuttle, scurry, scamper, skitter, skedaddle (informal), skirr He scooted up the stairs.
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scoot
verbTo move swiftly:
bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.
Chiefly British: nip.
Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.
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scoot
[skuːt] VI (also scoot away, scoot off) → largarse, rajarse (LAm)scoot! → ¡lárgate!
I must scoot → tengo que marcharme
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scoot
(skuːt) verb (often with along, ~away, ~past etc) to move (away) fast. He scooted down the road.largarse
ˈscooter noun2. a child's two-wheeled toy vehicle propelled by the foot. patinete
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