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- [skoot]
- /skut/
- /skuːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skoot]
- /skut/
Definitions of scoot word
- verb without object scoot to go swiftly or hastily; dart. 1
- verb with object scoot to send or impel at high speed. 1
- noun scoot a swift, darting movement or course. 1
- intransitive verb scoot go quickly 1
- verb scoot If you scoot somewhere, you go there very quickly. 0
- verb scoot to go or cause to go quickly or hastily; dart or cause to dart off or away 0
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Origin of scoot
First appearance:
before 1750 One of the 47% newest English words
1750-60; probably < Old Norse skota to push or skjōta to shoot1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Scoot
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
scoot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
scoot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for scoot
interj scoot
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- be off — leave
- begone — go away!
- get going — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- git — British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
verb scoot
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- bestir — to cause (oneself, or, rarely, another person) to become active; rouse
- bestirred — to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
Top questions with scoot
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