scoot
verb (used without object)
to go swiftly or hastily; dart.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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“It is going deliciously. And I am scooting my butt along the rug like a champ.”
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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