Scoot vs Slouch - What's the difference?
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(split) To walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.
To ride on a .
(of an animal) To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
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A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
someone who is slow to act
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(dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.
To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
Scoot is a related term of slouch.
As nouns the difference between scoot and slouch
is that scoot is (slang) a dollar while slouch is a hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance.As verbs the difference between scoot and slouch
is that scoot is (split) to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily while slouch is to hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture.scoot
English
Verb
(en verb)- They scooted over to the window.
- The dog was scooting all over our new carpet.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "scoot")Derived terms
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*slouch
English
Noun
- He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch .
- The plant hung in a permanent slouch .
Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
- In any case, Scotland has been no slouch at national invention. The Greek temple to commemorate James Thomson wasn’t the only monument raised by the 11th Earl of Buchan, who was a friend and neighbour of Walter Scott, and as great a romancer in his obsession with ruins, battlements and fancy dress.
Derived terms
* slouch hatVerb
- Do not slouch when playing a flute.
- I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.