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Scoot vs Costume - What's the difference?

scoot | costume |

As nouns the difference between scoot and costume

is that scoot is (slang) a dollar while costume is fancy dress.

As verbs the difference between scoot and costume

is that scoot is (split) to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily while costume is .

scoot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A dollar.
  • (slang) a scooter.
  • :I got a new scoot yesterday. It's a Gamma.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (split) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
    • They scooted over to the window.
  • To ride on a .
  • (of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
    • The dog was scooting all over our new carpet.
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    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "scoot")

    Derived terms

    * scoot over

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    costume

    English

    (wikipedia costume)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
    • ''The dancer was wearing Highland costume .
  • An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.
    • ''We wore gorilla costumes to the party.
  • A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.
    • ''The bride wore a grey going-away costume .

    Synonyms

    * outfit

    Derived terms

    * costumal * costume drama * costume jewellery * costume party * costumer, costumier * national costume

    Related terms

    * customary * custom

    See also

    * uniform

    Verb

  • To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. His dark eyes and swarthy skin and Paynim features suited the costume exactly. He looked the very model of an Eastern emir, an agent or a victim of the bowstring.

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