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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scoot
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
▪ Fortunately the protection is perfect, so if you do scoot off your flight should be a short one.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Matt scooted over the bridge on his skateboard.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But instead of scooting, the rider stands on two side plates, while a small petrol engine drives the rear wheel.
▪ Fortunately the protection is perfect, so if you do scoot off your flight should be a short one.
▪ Most vans around here scoot straight through.
▪ Motorbikes scooted for cover on the street, and a moment later the downpour began.
▪ She scooted out of the car and disappeared into one of the dingy vestibules along the street.
▪ She stared up into his blue eyes, trying to conquer the urge to scoot further up the bed.
▪ Theresa tipped the can over; the squirrel, looking ragged, scooted toward liberation.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scoot

Scoot \Scoot\, v. i. To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away. [Colloq. & Humorous, U. S.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
scoot

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 such as Old Norse skjota "to shoot," related to shoot (v.). Related: Scooted; scooting. As a noun from 1864.

Wiktionary
scoot

n. 1 (context slang English) A dollar. 2 (context slang English) a scooter. vb. 1 (rfc-sense: split) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily. 2 To ride on a scooter #English. 3 (context of an animal English) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.

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WordNet
scoot

v. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard" [syn: dart, dash, scud, flash, shoot]

Wikipedia
Scoot

Scoot Pte Ltd. is a Singaporean low-cost long-haul airline owned by Singapore Airlines.

It launched flights in 2012 on medium and long-haul routes from Singapore, predominantly to Australia and China. It is distinct from other Singapore Airlines-owned airlines, SilkAir which is a regional airline serving short-haul destinations, and Tigerair which is a budget airline. Initially, Scoot's fleet consisted of Boeing 777 aircraft obtained from Singapore Airlines. The airline began to transition its fleet to Boeing 787 aircraft from 2015. Its head office is at Singapore Changi Airport.

Scoot (EP)

Scoot is an EP by Run On, released in 1997 through Sonic Bubblegum.

Usage examples of "scoot".

Scooting from her position at the edge of the bed, she backed toward the door, as if he had gone brainsick before her very eyes.

Chuck scooted off the upholstery and scrambled underneath his seat, where he concentrated on returning to personhood as quickly as he could.

In the darkness Enoch Mirren belched lightly from the quenelles of red snapper they had served him, and scooted around on the floor where he was sitting, trying to locate the source of the annoyed voice.

The washtub handles clanged as she shifted her weight, water slopping over the edges as she lifted her feet out and rested them on the floor, scooting down so more of her body was immersed.

Talbot tried to club Blackburn with the two-by-four, so Blackburn scooted away and then tossed them the hacksaw.

While Burman and I stared aghast, a golden shuttle slid easily through one of the rat holes, sensed the death of the Robot Mother and scooted back through the other hole before I could stop it.

I scooted under a low-hanging limb and headed for a canebrake right ahead.

Once when we had to attend a meeting outside the offices, Penny had led me on what she called a short cut through the Archives--miles on miles of endless files, each one chockablock with microfilm and all of them with moving belts scooting past them so that a clerk would not take all day to fetch one file.

Once when we had to attend a meeting outside the offices, Penny had led me on what she called a short cut though the Archives-miles on miles of endless files, each one chockablock with microfilm and all of them with moving belts scooting past them so that a clerk would not take all day to fetch one file.

She stood and scooted around the desk as Mick helped Cristy climb down from his back.

He set the flashlight on the counter, pulled off his gloves, hat, and earmuffs, and scooted the phone into the beam of light.

Frank replied as he happily watched the Eastside riverbank scooting by.

He watched Kerrie scoot them from the kitchen and ached to run after her, help her put them to bed.

Small Looney fell to the floor, shrieking and scooting away from the chainsaw as if it were alive and might stampede after him like a wild predator.

She scooted down a bit so her lips could slide over the hard nubs her fingers had raised on his chest before her tongue circled and teased them.