SCOOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scoot mean? 

• SCOOT (verb)
  The verb SCOOT has 1 sense:

1. run or move very quickly or hastily

  Familiarity information: SCOOT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they scoot    ... he / she / it scoots   
Past simple: scooted   
Past participle: scooted   
-ing form: scooting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run or move very quickly or hastily

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot

Context example:

She dashed into the yard

Hypernyms (to "scoot" is one way to...):

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

Verb group:

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scoot"):

plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

scooter (a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice)

scooter (a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel)

scooter (child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot)

scooter (a motorboat resembling a motor scooter)

 Context examples 

They developed a theory to predict precisely what neurons would control specific types of locomotion — the worm's ability to squirm and scoot around.

(Fundamental Rules for How The Brain Controls Movement, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)