Synonyms of scooting

scooting 1 of 2

adjective

as in rushing

Related Words

• rushing
• speeding
• running
• flying
• rapid
• racing
• zipping
• swift
• lightning
• speedy
• hurrying
• rocketing
• fleet
• careering
• barreling
• scurrying
• whirlwind
• bolting
• brisk
• whirling
• scudding
• whisking
• hasty
• breathless
• meteoric
• expeditious
• warp-speed
• dizzy
• breakneck
• quick
• ready
• prompt
• fast
• accelerated
• snappy
• hastened
• quickened
• hurried
• rushed

Dissimilar Words

• crawling
• dragging
• creeping
• slow
• leisurely
• lagging
• dilatory
• tardy
• sluggish
• unhurried
• poky
• languid
• laggard
• deliberate
• poking
• dallying
• dawdling
• dillydallying
• measured
• snaillike
• snail-paced
• lounging
• inert
• inactive
• lethargic
• loafing

scooting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of scoot

as in trotting

to proceed or move quickly

now we've got to scoot, or we'll be late

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trotting
• zipping
• speeding
• hurrying
• scurrying
• flying
• traveling
• driving
• racing
• rushing
• jumping
• chasing
• running
• darting
• buzzing
• stepping
• scuttling
• tearing
• blowing
• dashing
• zooming
• blasting
• bowling
• ramming
• jogging
• ripping
• bolting
• barreling
• whirling
• careering
• hustling
• shooting
• humping
• careening
• hurtling
• blazing
• rocketing
• nipping
• hurling
• whisking
• breezing
• motoring
• rustling
• bustling
• haring
• jetting
• galloping
• belting
• hastening
• coursing
• pelting
• bundling
• cannonballing
• cracking (on)
• beating it
• highballing
• scampering
• bombing
• hying
• flitting
• sprinting
• whizzing
• stepping on it
• scudding
• making tracks
• scuffling
• streaking
• hotfooting (it)
• shaking a leg
• accelerating
• getting a move on
• stampeding
• beetling
• overtaking
• outrunning
• quickening
• outpacing
• stepping out
• outstripping
• beelining
• catching up
• arrowing
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• creeping
• poking
• dragging
• lingering
• hanging (around or out)
• poking
• strolling
• lagging
• dawdling
• loitering
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• plodding
• lumbering
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• decelerating
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scooting

Verb

On a recent weekend, tot-sized patrons were enjoying Pixieland’s rides, dressed in birthday garb — scooting around in moving teacups, getting lifted on the Frog Hopper. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 July 2026

Using a cake spatula under the dough, gently lift it, scooting flour underneath if needed, to make sure dough will not stick to the surface. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

That could mean walking, biking, scooting, carpooling or taking public transit instead. — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 3 June 2026

Como Uma Canggu This airy modern beachfront resort occupies prime real estate in Canggu, easy walking—or scooting—distance to all the town's hot spots. — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026

The free return trajectory is essentially a marble trick of sending Integrity scooting along the curves mapped around the moon’s moving gravity well on a path that gets captured again by Earth’s gravity well. — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026

Common signs of anal gland problems include scooting, persistent odors, and excessive licking of the rear end. — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026

Cudahy’s Lakeside Pub & Grill is rising from the ashes of a fire in October 2025 and scooting over a few blocks. — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025

Blue Origin webcast Benthaus was able to make her own way from her wheelchair into the New Shepard capsule before launch, scooting along a bench extending from the hatch that was provided by Blue Origin. — William Harwood, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025