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Smoot vs Scoot - What's the difference?

smoot | scoot |

As nouns the difference between smoot and scoot

is that smoot is (chiefly|greater boston) a unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches]] (approximately 170 [[meter|meters) or smoot can be (british) a small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock while scoot is (slang) a dollar.

As a verb scoot is

(split) to walk fast; to go quickly; to run away hastily.

smoot

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia smoot) Height of , who lay on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as an MIT fraternity prank.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, Greater Boston) A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches]] (approximately 1.70 [[meter, meters).

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British) A small opening built into a dry-stone wall as a bolthole allowing a person to cross the wall while impeding the livestock.

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    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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    Derived terms

    * scoot over

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