Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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scoot

/skuːt/ noun, verb

Forms scoots scooting scooted

  1. noun A swift movement or trip “a quick scoot to the supermarket”
  2. noun A sideways shuffling or sliding motion.
  3. noun (slang) A dollar.
  4. verb (intransitive) To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
  5. verb (intransitive) To run away hastily; scram. “You'd better scoot before my mother gets home and sees that broken window!”
  6. verb (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.”
  7. verb (intransitive, often with over) To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.). “Do you mind scooting a bit to the left?”
  8. verb (transitive) To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
  9. verb (intransitive) To ride on a scooter.
  10. noun (slang) A scooter.
  11. verb (Scotland, transitive) To squirt.
  12. noun (Scotland) A sudden flow of water; a squirt.

Synonyms

scooter dart dash scud flash shoot

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle.

Clipping of scooter.

Variant of shoot.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To walk fast; to go quickly; to run hastily away. [Colloq. & Humorous, U.S.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “scoot”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details