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WORDNET DICTIONARY
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THESAURUS

scoot

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb scoot has 1 sense

scoot(v = verb.motion) dart, dash, flash, scud, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"

is one way to belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it

Derived forms noun scooter₄, noun scooter₃, noun scooter₂, noun scooter₁

Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

scoot, v. i.

To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

scoot, v. & n. colloq.
--v.intr. run or dart away, esp. quickly.
--n. the act or an instance of scooting.

Etymology

19th-c. US (earlier scout): orig. unkn.

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THESAURUS

scoot

barrel, beeline, bolt, bustle, career, dart, dash, flee, fleet, fling, fly, haste, hasten, hie, highball, hump, hump it, hurry, hurtle, hustle, make haste, post, race, run, rush, scamper, scour, scramble, screw, scud, scurry, scurvy, scuttle, shin, shoot, skedaddle, skip, sprint, step on it, tear, zip

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