Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move or go suddenly and speedily; hurry.
- intransitive verb Upper Southern US To squirt with water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To send or impel (something) with a quick, light motion at high speed.
- noun Same as
dray , 3. - To flow or gush out suddenly and with force, as from a syringe.
- To run, fly, or make off with celerity and directness; dart.
- To eject with force, as from a syringe; squirt: as, to
scoot water on one. Alsoskite . - noun Same as
scout . - noun A scoter: as in the names batter-scoot, bladder-scoot, and blatherscoot of the ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida, in Virginia.
- noun A sudden gust or flow, as of water; hence, a quick, light motion as of something suddenly ejected from a confined place: as, a sudden scoot.
- noun A syringe or squirt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Colloq. & Humorous, U. S. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang A
dollar . - noun slang a
scooter . - verb this sense?) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
- verb To ride on a
scooter . - verb of an animal To move with the
forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb run or move very quickly or hastily
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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*Scoot scoot scoot scoot* I fink I want to sit with teh little one!
scoot scoot scoot - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Dean Acheson says: anyone know why the scoot is getting new lawyers?
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I use the word scoot as an synonym to a quick jaunt, a speedy drive.
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I use the word scoot as an synonym to a quick jaunt, a speedy drive.
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I use the word scoot as an synonym to a quick jaunt, a speedy drive.
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I use the word scoot as an synonym to a quick jaunt, a speedy drive.
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The sea was now rather rough — too rough rather for small boats, but luckily a sort of thing called a scoot came out, and we got on board her with some trouble, and got on shore after a good tossing about which made us all sea-sick.
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The sea was now rather rough-too rough rather for small boats, but luckily a sort of thing called a scoot came out, and we got on board her with some trouble, and got on shore after a good tossing about which made us all sea-sick.
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When making small things like this it's easy to plop the glass somewhere you didn't really intend, so with this tool you can "scoot" the glass where you DID want it to go OR use it to define your shape better.
Ask StudioMarcy ~ Online Coaching #1 Bird Today and Penguins Tomorrow Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2008
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I heat that small area of glass I've just applied and then "scoot" it where I meant for it to go with my tool.
Ask StudioMarcy ~ Online Coaching #1 Bird Today and Penguins Tomorrow Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson 2008
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