"scoot over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: scoots over [present, singular, third-person], scooting over [participle, present], scooted over [participle, past], scooted over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scoot over (third-person singular simple present scoots over, present participle scooting over, simple past and past participle scooted over)
  1. (intransitive, colloquial) To move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Synonyms: scooch, budge up, scoot up, move over, shove over Translations (to move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space): se décaler (French), odébb/arrébb húzódik/csúszik (Hungarian), подвинуться (podvinutʹsja) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scoot_over-en-verb-JrFweGkt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 85 15 Disambiguation of "to move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space": 95 5
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To slide (something) across or aside. Tags: colloquial, transitive Translations (to slide (something) across or aside): csúsztat (Hungarian), подвинуть (podvinutʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-scoot_over-en-verb-A9sj0UD~ Disambiguation of 'to slide (something) across or aside': 8 92

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scoot over meaning in English (2.7kB)

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