scoot

verb

ˈsküt 

scooted; scooting; scoots

intransitive verb

1

: to move swiftly

2

: to slide especially while seated

scoot over and let me sit down

scoot noun

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
• hurry
• hurtle
• hustle
• jet
• jump
• motor
• nip
• pelt
• race
• ram
• rip
• rocket
• run
• rush
• rustle
• scurry
• scuttle
• shoot
• speed
• step
• tear
• travel
• trot
• whirl
• whisk
• zip
• zoom

Examples of scoot in a Sentence

She talked to us for a few minutes before scooting off to some appointment.

She scooted her chair back a few inches.

He scooted closer to the table.

Recent Examples on the Web

On the play, Fabian Zetterlund came off the Sharks bench but lost track of Nelson, who scooted up the ice to set up the odd-man rush, as Cody Ceci was back defending another Islanders player. —Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025

They will be scooted along before the plants are eaten down to the nubs. —Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025

Try using a step-around prompt that will scoot past the fallback, see my coverage at the link here. —Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025

Cal then slowly scooted himself right next to Daisy and slapped a big brotherly kiss on her head. —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of earlier scout, of unknown origin

First Known Use

1758, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

scoot

verb

ˈsküt 

1

: to go suddenly and swiftly : dart

2

: to slide especially while seated

scoot over

scoot noun