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Definition of scoot in English: scootverb skuːtskut [no object]informal 1Go or leave somewhere quickly. 〈非正式〉急速移动；急速离开 they scooted off on their bikes 他们骑着自行车飞奔而去。 Example sentencesExamples - I stared at him warily before nodding and scooting back towards him.
- Confused, I nevertheless dropped to the floor, scooting away from the window.
- Amy walked towards the restroom, quickly scooting out of people's ways.
- Brian was scooting frantically along to his side, his head bobbing up and down like a boy in a toy store.
- I sucked in a breath and bolted upright, scooting back in my bed till my back hit the headboard and I couldn't go any further.
- ‘Well, I gotta dash,’ she beamed, grabbing her things and scooting out of the room.
- He opens the door for me, and I slide in, scooting over to save him a trip.
- He's squatting on his haunches, scooting along and slowing his descent by holding to the plants.
- He sat down into the curved side of the booth, scooting across the seat, onto the other side of the soft curve.
- I forced a smile and nodded, scooting so that I was across from her.
- I gave her a nod and we began scooting further around the house.
- Jake became along and scooted off the bed to kneel at my side and place a hand on my shoulder and back.
- Tony, now almost six months old, was scooting around on the floor.
- Eventually he was reduced to scooting along like an inchworm.
- My silence fills the car, and a lone bushel of tumbleweed scooting through the scene wouldn't exactly seem out of place.
- The Mauritians loved it though, encouraging us as we scooted along the country roads.
- All the males waved him goodbye, scooting over to fill his empty seat, and obviously not entirely listening to what he said.
- The couple was scooting down the road, easily catching up with them.
- Lydia scooted away quickly and tried not to blush when he opened his eyes and looked around for her.
- ‘Hey,’ he said softly, falling to his knees on the bed and then scooting up to lay next to me.
Synonyms dash, dart, run, sprint, race, rush, hurry, hasten, hare, hurtle, bolt, shoot, charge, career, speed, fly, whizz, zoom scuttle, scurry, scamper, skip, skitter, trot British scutter informal tear, pelt, zip, belt, beetle archaic post, hie rare skirr 2Slide in a sitting position. she laughed when she saw me scooting down the slope on my backside she scooted over in the booth and made a space for him 3Ride a scooter. many children who scoot to school wear helmets
Phrasesinformal Go on a heavy drinking session. they enjoyed the fun and games and went on the scoot Example sentencesExamples - He once asked a journalist for five pounds so he and his backbench colleague could 'go on the scoot'.
- One man trained hard for his tax rebate, then went on the scoot and had a coronary before he got his refund.
- They always gave warning of his arrival in Perth, after which they both went on the scoot together.
- He had been promoted several times for good work and demoted just as often for "getting on the scoot".
- Some forty or fifty men took leave to go on the scoot.
OriginMid 18th century: of unknown origin. Rhymesacute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, hoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute Definition of scoot in US English: scootverbskutsko͞ot [no object]informal 1Go or leave somewhere quickly. 〈非正式〉急速移动；急速离开 they scooted off on their bikes 他们骑着自行车飞奔而去。 Example sentencesExamples - Confused, I nevertheless dropped to the floor, scooting away from the window.
- Lydia scooted away quickly and tried not to blush when he opened his eyes and looked around for her.
- Eventually he was reduced to scooting along like an inchworm.
- All the males waved him goodbye, scooting over to fill his empty seat, and obviously not entirely listening to what he said.
- I sucked in a breath and bolted upright, scooting back in my bed till my back hit the headboard and I couldn't go any further.
- He's squatting on his haunches, scooting along and slowing his descent by holding to the plants.
- He sat down into the curved side of the booth, scooting across the seat, onto the other side of the soft curve.
- I gave her a nod and we began scooting further around the house.
- The couple was scooting down the road, easily catching up with them.
- Jake became along and scooted off the bed to kneel at my side and place a hand on my shoulder and back.
- ‘Hey,’ he said softly, falling to his knees on the bed and then scooting up to lay next to me.
- He opens the door for me, and I slide in, scooting over to save him a trip.
- My silence fills the car, and a lone bushel of tumbleweed scooting through the scene wouldn't exactly seem out of place.
- Tony, now almost six months old, was scooting around on the floor.
- I stared at him warily before nodding and scooting back towards him.
- Brian was scooting frantically along to his side, his head bobbing up and down like a boy in a toy store.
- Amy walked towards the restroom, quickly scooting out of people's ways.
- The Mauritians loved it though, encouraging us as we scooted along the country roads.
- I forced a smile and nodded, scooting so that I was across from her.
- ‘Well, I gotta dash,’ she beamed, grabbing her things and scooting out of the room.
Synonyms dash, dart, run, sprint, race, rush, hurry, hasten, hare, hurtle, bolt, shoot, charge, career, speed, fly, whizz, zoom 2Slide in a sitting position. she scooted over in the booth and made a space for him Ronald scooted down the steep rock on the butt of his jeans 3Ride a scooter. many children who scoot to school wear helmets
OriginMid 18th century: of unknown origin. |