scoot
verb
ˈsküt 
scooted; scooting; scoots
intransitive verb
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
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Example Sentences
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.
Recent Examples on the Web Because it’s no longer nestled within a dip in the jet stream and subsequently shuttled west to east, there’s nothing to really scoot it along. 
Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 If your grill is too small to allow for the empty spot, scoot the coals to one side, leaving the other side empty. Martha Holmbergthe Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 Coupled with an eight-speed Tiptronic gearbox, the C7 was also able to scoot to 62 mph in only 3.9 seconds. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 29 July 2022 That prompted the judge to repeatedly ask Doe to scoot closer to the microphone, and lean in. CBS News, 28 Apr. 2022 On Smith Island, resident watermen such as Wes will scoot visitors over to the colonies during high tide, when their vessels can inch close to the action. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 To scoot past the summer swarms on Trail Ridge Road, head south or west. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 23 June 2022 On offense that included a backup running back who could scoot. Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022 The feathers should extend to about the U of the hook; if not, scoot the bundle forward or backward. Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 20 May 2020 See More
Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 15 July 2022 If your grill is too small to allow for the empty spot, scoot the coals to one side, leaving the other side empty. Martha Holmbergthe Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 Coupled with an eight-speed Tiptronic gearbox, the C7 was also able to scoot to 62 mph in only 3.9 seconds. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 29 July 2022 That prompted the judge to repeatedly ask Doe to scoot closer to the microphone, and lean in. CBS News, 28 Apr. 2022 On Smith Island, resident watermen such as Wes will scoot visitors over to the colonies during high tide, when their vessels can inch close to the action. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 To scoot past the summer swarms on Trail Ridge Road, head south or west. Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 23 June 2022 On offense that included a backup running back who could scoot. Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2022 The feathers should extend to about the U of the hook; if not, scoot the bundle forward or backward. Aleta Burchyski, Outside Online, 20 May 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
perhaps alteration of earlier scout, of unknown origin
First Known Use
1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
scoot
verb
ˈsküt
scooted; scooting
: to go suddenly and quickly
scoots
verb
as in scurries
to proceed or move quickly now we've got to scoot, or we'll be late Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- scurries
- hurries
- speeds
- trots
- rushes
- flies
- zips
- races
- travels
- drives
- jumps
- chases
- buzzes
- runs
- scuttles
- steps
- dashes
- blows
- zooms
- bowls
- rips
- darts
- rams
- barrels
- blasts
- whirls
- shoots
- jogs
- hustles
- tears
- hies
- hurls
- rustles
- careens
- motors
- bolts
- whisks
- rockets
- hurtles
- humps
- blazes
- bustles
- jets
- hastens
- belts
- gallops
- nips
- breezes
- courses
- pelts
- hares
- bundles
- highballs
- beats it
- scampers
- cannonballs
- careers
- bombs
- steps on it
- flits
- sprints
- shakes a leg
- cracks (on)
- makes tracks
- hotfoots (it)
- accelerates
- beetles
- whizzes
- gets a move on
- scuds
- scuffles
- streaks
- outruns
- stampedes
- overtakes
- quickens
- outpaces
- outstrips
- steps out
- arrows
- beelines
- catches up
- fast-forwards
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- crawls
- drags
- pokes
- lingers
- creeps
- lags
- loiters
- saunters
- pokes
- ambles
- dawdles
- hangs (around or out)
- shuffles
- strolls
- tarries
- dallies
- plods
- lumbers
- decelerates
- slows (down or up)
- dillydallies