Antonyms for scoot

Grammar : Verb

Spell : skoot

Phonetic Transcription : skut

Definition of scoot

Origin : 1758, "run, fly, make off," perhaps originally nautical slang; 1805, "flow or gush out with force" (Scottish), of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse skjota "to shoot") related to shoot (v.). Related: Scooted; scooting. As a noun from 1864.

verb hurry

Example sentences :

"Scoot down there and climb into that boat," he said proudly to Eileen.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Their nickname was "Scooters," and they certainly did "scoot" over the sea.
Extract from : « Submarine Warfare of To-day » by Charles W. Domville-Fife

Well, if you had seen me scoot down that hall and out of the door!
Extract from : « We Ten » by Lyda Farrington Kraus

Yes, I expect they keep watch, and scoot whenever they see one of us.
Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil

Now scoot, quick, for it won't do for them to see you haunting round.
Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil

I must scoot now, and go back to my practising, or I shall have Bunty on my track.
Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil

So li'l' Mose he grab' up de nex' bestest pumpkin an' he scoot'.
Extract from : « Humorous Ghost Stories » by Dorothy Scarborough

Oughtn't Dawn to be woke up first and told to scoot out of that?
Extract from : « Some Everyday Folk and Dawn » by Miles Franklin

He's the kind of old cove I'd like to get real narked and then scoot.
Extract from : « Some Everyday Folk and Dawn » by Miles Franklin

“I said to scoot,” said Lafe presently, in suppressed tones.
Extract from : « Rose O'Paradise » by Grace Miller White

Synonyms for scoot

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