Meaning

7 senses
  1. (intransitive)To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.

    schießen, stürmen, flitzen

    удиратьudiratʹ

    кидатисяkydatysja, зриватисяzryvatysja, тікатиtikaty

  2. (intransitive)To run away hastily; scram.

    You'd better scoot before my mother gets home and sees that broken window!

    run or move very quickly or hastily

  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.

  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?

    seitwärts rutschen, zur Seite rücken, zur Seite hin Platz machen

    посуватисяposuvatysja, сунутисяsunutysja

  5. (transitive)To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.

  6. (intransitive)To ride on a scooter.

  7. (Scotland, transitive)To squirt.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Can you scoot over?

    Ти можеш посунитися?

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  2. Could you scoot over?

    Ти не могла би посунитися?

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  3. Please scoot over.

    Будь ласка, посунься.

    ruПожалуйста, подвинься.

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  4. Tom asked Mary to scoot over.

    ruТом попросил Мэри подвинуться.

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  5. Please scoot over and let me sit down.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily:
to move sideways:
Русский
By meaning 1
to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily:
to move sideways:

Origin

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Mid

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.

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Forms

scoots, scooting, scooted, scooted
Base formscoot · to scoot
3rd person singularscoots
Present participlescooting
Past simplescooted
Past participlescooted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscoot
he, she, itscoots

Past simpleLesson

all personsscooted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scooted
he, she, ithas scooted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scoot

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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