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Does anybody else use scoot, meaning to go really quickly to get somewhere.
Hop, skip & jump...don't they all have to do with hopscotch?
I have heard the "oh, it's only a hop, skip & jump away" expression to mean it is not very far.
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Yes, i use scoot, the way you suggested, and to ask someone to move a little -- say on bleachers... i might ask someone to scoot over, so i can fit my oversized behind on the bench too.
or if there was someone telling a funny story, i might ask them to scoot over, and sit by me and continue..
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scoot, meaning to go really quickly to get somewhere.In my usage, the distance in question is usually short. (Like helen said.) e. g.: "Scoot over so I can have a piece of the couch!" 
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say on bleachers... i might ask someone to scoot over, so i can fit my oversized behind on the bench too.You too Helen? I've always heard it said scootch over a bit. But then, for my rump, it's usually...scootch over...a lot!   
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I often ask patients to "squiggle over a little bit on the stretcher," so that their arm will be resting comfortably permitting a relaxed blood pressure measurement, rather than having to hold it up tensely in the air. It has the advantage of being understandable but a little bit silly, usually elicits a smile and eases tension...
granted it's not [I must acknowledge, upon re-reading the original post of this thread] a particularly powerful word
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frolic and gambol? for me, they've always conjured up images of happy English children playing in a meadow
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I often ask patients to "squiggle over a little bit on the stretcher,"...
Oh! Doc! You could ask me to squiggle for you anytime! But this is where I would use scootch again. Meaning, to move over a bit. It is a well understood word here. I took an ambulance ride last week and when I got to the hospital, they asked me to scootch over from the stretcher to the gurney in the hallway.
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Hmmm, I've always heard scootch also for moving over a teeny bit.
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Squiggling is only done when you are oiled up from head to toe and playing...  ...never mind. 
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