scoot1 (skot)

[A var. of shoot. Cf. skeet2.] I. in trans. 1. To flow or gush out suddenly and with force, as from a syringe. [Scotch.]-2. To run, fly, or make off with celerity and directne ; dart. [Colloq., U. S.] The laugh of the gull as he scoots along the shore. Quarterly Rev., CXXVI. 371. W'en ole man Rabbit say " scoot ," dey scooted , en w'en ole Mi Rabbit say "scat," dey scatted. J. C. Harris , Uncle Remus, xxii. II. trans. To eject with force, as from a syringe; squirt: as, to scoot water on one. Also skite . [Scotch.] scoot1 (sköt), n. [ scoot .-2. A syringe or squirt. [Scotch in both senses.] scoot2 (sköt), n. [Cf. scoter .] A scoter: as in the names batter - scoot , bladder - scoot , and blath erscoot of the ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida , in Virginia. G. Trumbull . scoot3t, n. Same as scout4 . scooter1 (sköter), n. [ scoter . scopa (skoʻpä), n. [NL., L.scopa , twigs, shoots, a broom, besom: see scope2 .] In entom ., a ma of stiff hairs like a brush; specifically, ma es of bristly hairs on the outside of the tibise and tarsi, or on the lower surface of the abdomen, of many bees, used to collect and carry grains of pollen which become entangled in them. Also called pollen - brush and sarothrum .