scoot

scoot

verb \ˈsküt\

Definition of SCOOT

intransitive verb

1

: to move swiftly

2

: to slide especially while seated <scoot over and let me sit down>

— scoot noun

Examples of SCOOT

1. She talked to us for a few minutes before scooting off to some appointment.
2. She scooted her chair back a few inches.
3. He scooted closer to the table.

Origin of SCOOT

perhaps alteration of earlier scout, of unknown origin

First Known Use: 1758

Related to SCOOT

Synonyms: barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, hurry, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom

Antonyms: crawl, creep, poke

Related Words: beetle, dart, flit, scamper, scud, scuffle; stampede, streak, whiz (or whizz); gallop, jog, sprint; accelerate, quicken, step out; catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake; arrow, beeline

Near Antonyms: dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up)

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Rhymes with SCOOT

boot, bruit, brut, brute, bute, Bute, butte, chute, cloot, coot, cute, flute, fruit, glout, glute, hoot, jute, Jute, loot, lute, moot, mute, newt, pood, root, Root, rout, route, scute, shoot, snoot, soot, suit, suite, toot, tout, ut, Ute