scoot / scute [sku:t]
scoot – n. & v. – n. – 1. a gush of water; 2. a drunken spree; v. – 1. squirt; 2. slide suddenly; 3. leave quickly
scute – n. – 1. a coin of little value; 2. Zoology a large scale or bony plate, forming part of the integument of certain animals, such as a tortoise; 3. The name of any of a group of closely linked X-linked genes in Drosophila which act to reduce the number of scutellar bristles