Meaning

5 senses

  1. A swift movement or trip

    a quick scoot to the supermarket

  2. A sideways shuffling or sliding motion.

  3. (slang)A dollar.

  4. (slang)A scooter.

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

Examples

16 sentences

  1. Can you scoot over?

    Ти можеш посунитися? — deniko

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  2. Could you scoot over?

    Ти не могла би посунитися? — deniko

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  3. Please scoot over.

    Будь ласка, посунься. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, подвинься. — odexed

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  4. Tom asked Mary to scoot over.

    ruТом попросил Мэри подвинуться. — odexed

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  5. Please scoot over and let me sit down.

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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

plural: scoots
Singularscoot
Pluralscoots

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scoochscoopscooterB2scopeB1
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