DCHP-1 Online
scoot [< v. go suddenly and fast] 
n. a boat equipped with runners, driven by an airscrew, and designed to operate on ice or water. [See picture at scoot.]
See also: iceboat (def. 3) snowplane snow-scoot ice-scooter
- 1958 A scoot is a craft used for winter travel, primarily among the Thirty Thousand Islands of Georgian Bay [Ont.].
- 1961 . . . a scoot is a small craft driven by an aircraft motor and propeller that can travel over ice or through water.
- 1958 A scoot is a craft used for winter travel, primarily among the Thirty Thousand Islands of Georgian Bay [Ont.].