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Meanings of scoot in English

Catalan
llançar-se

Run or move very quickly or hastily.

Related terms
llançar-se
Usage of scoot in English
1
She heard his clock radio scoot on the shelf of the headboard.
Come out tonight
2
I managed to scoot off onto the footpath and abandoned the scooter.
Radio NZ
3
He misses the object, which seems to scoot away like an animal.
Chinatown
4
I scoot a coaster under it, afraid to mar the pristine wood.
Altered
5
I tried to scoot backward, hoping that neither one would notice me.
The frog princess
6
When they see Kuku outside they simply scoot away and buy bromides.
Heart of the West
7
Cap'n Dynamite get bad news in message, and bang-hescoot for shore.
A Voyage with Captain Dynamite
8
Isabelle resisted the urge to scoot away from the woman's mesmerizing gaze.
Taken by sin
9
Fi unclipped her seatbelt to scoot to the seat across from Chrysabelle.
Last Blood
10
He had to scoot from beneath her to climb to his feet.
The story of edgar sawtelle
11
Nano creatures are a basic vibrobot that scoot around on rubber bristles.
Wired
12
Now scoot back to the sidewalk-or ,here ,George ,youtake them over.
Brother and Sister
13
Did they not with their own eyes see us scoot for Petra?
The Lion of Petra
14
When you see me scoot up back'ards, follor 'ithout sayin' a word.
The Lone Ranche
15
With this rig, we can scoot around like a pair of barracudas!
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
16
Dark's attention was on Malone, so the shadow was free to scoot ahead.
The charlemagne pursuit
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Translations for scoot
Scoot through the time
Scoot across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common