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Definition of scoot verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

scoot

verb

NAmE//skut//

[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they scoot

he / she / it scoots

past simple scooted

-ing form scooting

to go or leave somewhere in a hurry I'd better scoot or I'll be late. They scooted off to San Diego for the weekend.

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