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scoot

/skuːt/

scoot noun: a swift movement or trip.

Noun (1)

scoot (plural scoots)

  1. A swift movement or trip
    • a quick scoot to the supermarket
  2. A sideways shuffling or sliding motion.
    • Instinctively, he lifted the chair a fraction, and gave it a little scoot away from her.2013, Liz Carlyle, Three Little Secrets
  3. (slang) A dollar.

Verb (1)

scoot (third-person singular simple present scoots, present participle scooting, simple past and past participle scooted)

  1. (intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
  2. (intransitive) To run away hastily; scram.
    • You'd better scoot before my mother gets home and sees that broken window!
  3. To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
    • The dog was scooting all over our new carpet.
    • If you ever see your dog scooting its hind end along the floor, chances are that anal sac irritation or impaction exists.1990, Chris C. Pinney, Guide to Home Pet Grooming, page 44
  4. (intransitive, often) To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
    • Do you mind scooting a bit to the left?
    • Would you mind scooting over for me?
  5. (transitive) To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
    • He scooted us out of the study and turned off the light […]1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Prout's Lovely Black Eye

Verb (2)

scoot (third-person singular simple present scoots, present participle scooting, simple past and past participle scooted)

  1. (intransitive) To ride on a scooter.
    Synonyms:
    scooter

Noun (2)

scoot (plural scoots)

  1. (slang) A scooter.
    • When you meet with your club, park in front of the café or bar so the world can see your scoots.1995, Pixel Pete, Eric Dregni, Peter Martin, Scooters, page 134

Verb (3)

scoot (third-person singular simple present scoots, present participle scooting, simple past and past participle scooted)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To squirt.

Noun (3)

scoot (plural scoots)

  1. (Scotland) A sudden flow of water; a squirt.

Proper noun capitalized: SCOOT

SCOOT

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique: a system for the coordination and control of traffic signals across an urban road network.

scoot meaning in Vietnamese

scoot in Vietnamese

to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily
phắn

Examples of scoot in a sentence

  • What if my cat is biting its tail, scooting or rubbing its bottom on the ground?1997, J. M. Evans, Kay White, Catopedia:
  • The old wives tale is that a dog that scoots on its rear has worms, but that's rarely the case.2008, Sandy Blackburn, The Everything Dog Grooming Book: All You Need to Help Your Pet Look and Feel Great!, page 62:

All 22 example sentences with scoot

Synonyms of scoot

Forms of scoot

Noun
pluralscoots
Verb
third-person singular presentscoots
present participlescooting
past participlescooted
pastscooted

Plural of scoot: scoots

Origin of scoot

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle.

Clipping of scooter.

Variant of shoot.

Words formed from scoot

Words that rhyme with scoot

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Questions about scoot

What does scoot mean?
Scoot means a swift movement or trip.
What is scoot in Vietnamese?
Scoot in Vietnamese is phắn. See Scoot meaning in Vietnamese.
How do you use scoot in a sentence?
What if my cat is biting its tail, scooting or rubbing its bottom on the ground?
What part of speech is scoot?
Scoot can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce scoot?
Scoot is pronounced /skuːt/.
What is the plural of scoot?
The plural of scoot is scoots.

Words near scoot in the dictionary

  1. scoopulas
  2. scoopwheel
  3. scoopwheels
  4. scoopy
  5. scoosh
  6. scoot
  7. scoot over
  8. scoot up
  9. scootberries
  10. scootberry
  11. scootch

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scoot (page history and authors); SCOOT (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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