"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 formed with "over", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "over": 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 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': 9 91

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1983, ZZ Top (band), \"Thug\" (song)",
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        "(intransitive, colloquial) To move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space."
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          "word": "scooch"
        },
        {
          "word": "budge up"
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          "word": "move over"
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          "word": "shove over"
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          "word": "se décaler"
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          "sense": "to move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space",
          "word": "подвинуться"
        }
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        {
          "text": "Scoot that ottoman over for me, would you?",
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        "To slide (something) across or aside."
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        "(transitive, colloquial) To slide (something) across or aside."
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        }
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          "word": "scooch"
        },
        {
          "word": "budge up"
        },
        {
          "word": "scoot up"
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          "word": "move over"
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          "word": "shove over"
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        "(transitive, colloquial) To slide (something) across or aside."
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space",
      "word": "se décaler"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space",
      "word": "odébb/arrébb húzódik/csúszik"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "podvinutʹsja",
      "sense": "to move one's sitting self or seat aside, so the other person has more space",
      "word": "подвинуться"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to slide (something) across or aside",
      "word": "csúsztat"
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