English verb: scoot | |||
1. | scoot (motion) run or move very quickly or hastily | ||
Samples | She dashed into the yard. | ||
Synonyms | dart, dash, flash, scud, shoot | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | plunge | ||
Verb group | buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear | ||