scoot

v., scoot·ed, scoot·ing, scoots.

v.intr.

To go suddenly and speedily; hurry.

v.tr.

Upper Southern U.S. To squirt with water: “I know I wouldn't scoot down no hog with no hose” (Flannery O'Connor).

phrasal verb:

scoot over

1. . To move or slide to the side: Scoot that chair over.

[Scots, to eject, squirt, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skjōta, to shoot.]

scoot scoot n.

REGIONAL NOTE   Scoot comes from a Scandinavian verb related to the verb shoot and, borrowed into Scots dialect, originally meant “to squirt with water.” Two derived senses, both intransitive verbs, have become even more common: “to slide suddenly across a surface” and “to move quickly”: The mouse scooted across the floor. In the American Midlands, there is a phrasal verb scoot over, meaning, in its transitive sense, “to push (someone or something) to the side to make room.”

verb

To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt², race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scour², shoot, speed, sprint, tear¹, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip¹. Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, stepjumpon it. See move/halt.

A form of behavior limited largely to dogs. Sliding along on the ground while sitting on the perineal area and with the hindlimbs extended forwards. Caused usually by irritation in the perineal area, chiefly anal sac irritation.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: run or move very quickly or hastily
  Synonyms: dart, dash, scud, flash, shoot

---

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - fare, stikke af, køre på løbehjul
v. tr. - strinte

Nederlands (Dutch)
wegschieten, het ervan tussen gaan

Français (French)
v. intr. - se sauver, filer
v. tr. - faire fuir (qn), (Écosse) jaillir/gicler
n. - fuite

idioms:

• scoot over    déplacer (qch) pour faire de la place

Deutsch (German)
v. - rasen
n. - Rasen

idioms:

• scoot over    etwas bewegen, um Platz zu gewinnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (καθομ.) παίρνω δρόμο
n. - πιλάλα

Italiano (Italian)
svignarsela, fuga precipitosa

Português (Portuguese)
v. - fugir em disparada
n. - corrida (f), fuga precipitada (f)

Русский (Russian)
стремительный бег, поспешное бегство, бежать стремглав, удирать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - correr rápidamente, largarse, salir, correr, deslizarse, escabullirse
v. tr. - enviar o empujar algo a alta velocidad
n. - pasada veloz

idioms:

• scoot over    mover algo para hacer lugar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kila, kuta, sticka, smita
n. - smitning, kilande, stickande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
急走, 玩踏板车, 飞奔, 使急走, 使飞奔, 使快速移动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 急走, 玩踏板車, 飛奔
v. tr. - 使急走, 使飛奔, 使快速移動

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 뛰어 가다, 급히 가다, 그러모으다
v. tr. - 뛰어 가게 하다, 세게 움직이게 하다, 돌진 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 駆け出す, 走り去る, 駆け出させる, さっと動かす
n. - 突進

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينطلق بسرعه (الاسم) أنطلاق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רץ, ברח‬
v. tr. - ‮דחף או שיגר במהירות‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.