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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they scoot ... he / she / it scoots
Past simple: scooted
Past participle: scooted
-ing form: scooting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Run or move very quickly or hastily
Example:
She dashed into the yard
Synonyms:
dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "scoot" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)
Verb group:
buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scoot"):
plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
scooter (a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice)
scooter (a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel)
scooter (child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot)
scooter (a motorboat resembling a motor scooter)
