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scoot

[ skoot ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

to go swiftly or hastily; dart.

verb (used with object)

to send or impel at high speed.

noun

a swift, darting movement or course.

scoot

/ ��ː�� /

verb

to go or cause to go quickly or hastily; dart or cause to dart off or away
to squirt

noun

the act of scooting
a squirt

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scoot¹

1750–60; probably < Old Norse skota to push or ��ō�ٲ� to shoot ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scoot¹

C19 probably of Scandinavian origin; compare shoot

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It scrapes the top of one knuckle, does a bit of a dive to the second knuckle … and then scoots along.

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Then I’ll either get one of them Lime scooters and scoot back home or walk back.

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On the third-down play in question, Palmer caught a short pass from Herbert and scooted forward while on the ground.

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Taylor, who is Black American, and Ruiz Taylor, who is Mexican American, smile when remembering how the dirt roads in Section 14 were so narrow that cars had to scoot over to pass each other.

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As the berserker ripped his sword out of the splintered wood, Samir and I scooted past him, back into the heart of the spicers’ district.

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