English > scoot: 1 sense > verb 1, motion| Meaning | Run or move very quickly or hastily. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | dart, dash, scud, flash, shoot |
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| Narrower | plunge | dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity |
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| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
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| Similar to | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck | Move quickly and violently |
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| Spanish | disparar, echarse |
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| Catalan | apressar-se, disparar, llançar-se, precipitar-se |
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| Nouns | scooter | child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot |
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| scooter | a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel |
| scooter | a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame |
| scooter | a motorboat resembling a motor scooter |