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name
Initialism of Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique: a system for the coordination and control of traffic signals across an urban road network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
A swift movement or trip
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noun
A sideways shuffling or sliding motion.
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noun
A dollar.
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Usage: slang
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noun
A scooter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A sudden flow of water; a squirt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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verb
To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To run away hastily; scram.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
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verb
To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
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Usage: intransitive, often
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verb
To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To ride on a scooter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: scooter
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verb
To squirt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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verb
run or move very quickly or hastily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dart, dash, scud, flash, shoot
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Broader terms: rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it
Narrower terms: plunge
History
Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle.
Clipping of scooter.
Variant of shoot.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
