First Known Use: 1758
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scoot
intransitive verb \ˈsküt\
: to go or leave suddenly and quickly
: to move (yourself, your chair, etc.) a short distance in a particular direction
Full Definition of SCOOT
1
: to move swiftly
2
: to slide especially while seated <scoot over and let me sit down>
— scoot noun
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Origin of SCOOT
perhaps alteration of earlier scout, of unknown origin
Related to SCOOT
- Synonyms
- barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, hurry, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
SCOOT Defined for Kids
scoot
verb \ˈsküt\
scoot·edscoot·ing
Definition of SCOOT for Kids
: to go suddenly and quickly
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