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Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

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)

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