scoot

[US]/skuːt/
[UK]/skut/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. leave quickly; walk or ride a light motorcycle
vt. run away quickly; dash
n. rapid walk; light motorcycle
Word Forms
Past Participlescooted
Present Participlescooting
Past Tensescooted
Third Person Singularscoots
Pluralscoots

Phrases & Collocations

scoot away

scoot over

Example Sentences

Scoot that chair over.

Scoot , or you will be late.

they scooted off on their bikes.

This motor-scooter is my latest acquisition.

A young man rides a motorized scooter past geese and donkeys that roam the throughway of a rural village in Laos's Mekong River valley.

Jeden Monat Tauchlehrerkurse, Hausriff, Dräger Rebreather, Scooter, Nitrox, eigene Boote, Safaris, Tauchshop.

Real-world Examples

Something to train your mind on as we scoot on into the weekend.

Source: CNN 10 Student English August 2018 Compilation

Hey, Brandi, would you scoot a little? Just scoot. Thank you. Hi.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 1

Listen it's time for us to scoot but not before we mention Monticello High School.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2020 Compilation

Oh! Is she grabbing or scooting yet?

Source: Modern Family - Season 01

But she said that would take too long and that a scooter would be faster.

Source: VOA Let's Learn English (Level 2)

I would've scooted past the boredom, but...

Source: Modern Family - Season 05

Olivia scoots up and scurries to a door on the other side of the foyer.

Source: Fifty Shades of Grey (Audiobook Excerpt)

You may have seen them scooting around on leaf litter in the fall.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American March 2023 Collection

From the Johnny Cash Museum, it’s just a one-minute boot scoot to Lower Broadway.

Source: Cloud Travel Handbook

The link is in the description down below or you can scoot over right up there.

Source: Emma's delicious English

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