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Word entry · 5 letters

scoot

Best crossword clue

"Dash away"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /skuːt/Part of speech verbSorted coostStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2C3O4O5T

Definitions

  1. run or move very quickly or hastily

Word origin

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle.

Used in a sentence

  • Instinctively, he lifted the chair a fraction, and gave it a little scoot away from her.
  • You'd better scoot before my mother gets home and sees that broken window!
  • The dog was scooting all over our new carpet.

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