scoot

Example Sentences

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Just then here he came again, scooting along on the game trail, screaming and making enough racket to scare a goblin to death.

From Literature

Opal had scooted as near to Archie as she dared, looking back and forth between her father and me.

From Literature

Hughes had blood in his mouth, and a fresh gap in his teeth wide enough to scoot a Vespa through, courtesy of a high stick to the mouth from Canada’s Sam Bennett.

From The Wall Street Journal

One broadcaster from Norway, amid peals of laughter, described the chief ice technician as "scooting" down the sheet.

From BBC

Lily gets bored and starts jumping on Aunt Melissa’s bed, so I scoot my chair closer to the computer.

From Literature