scooted; scooting; scoots
1
: to move swiftly
2
: to slide especially while seated
scoot over and let me sit down
scoot
noun
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
- hurry
- hurtle
- hustle
- jet
- jump
- motor
- nip
- pelt
- race
- ram
- rip
- rocket
- run
- rush
- rustle
- scurry
- scuttle
- shoot
- speed
- step
- tear
- travel
- trot
- whirl
- whisk
- zip
- zoom
Examples of scoot in a Sentence
She talked to us for a few minutes before scooting off to some appointment.
She scooted her chair back a few inches.
He scooted closer to the table.
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Yancy scoots out as fast as possible, but not before being spotted by one of the neighbors.
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
The successor to the Congress that just scooted out of town after approving yet another signature stopgap spending extension must acknowledge the urgent need for sweeping eliminations of federal departments and agencies as a prerequisite for meaningful spending and regulatory reductions.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
And those recreational boards have come a long way since kids in the 1940s attached roller skate wheels to wooden planks or boxes to scoot around town.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 23 Sep. 2024
Within two minutes of sitting down, two Secret Service agents came over, put down this blanket, and started telling people to scoot over.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
The successor to the Congress that just scooted out of town after approving yet another signature stopgap spending extension must acknowledge the urgent need for sweeping eliminations of federal departments and agencies as a prerequisite for meaningful spending and regulatory reductions.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
And those recreational boards have come a long way since kids in the 1940s attached roller skate wheels to wooden planks or boxes to scoot around town.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 23 Sep. 2024
Within two minutes of sitting down, two Secret Service agents came over, put down this blanket, and started telling people to scoot over.
—Jim Clash, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Scoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoot. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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