dart vs scoot

dart

verb
  • To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly. 

  • To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch. 

  • To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart. 

  • To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot. 

  • To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along. 

noun
  • A fish, the dace. 

  • Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly. 

  • A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin. 

  • Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow. 

  • A sudden or fast movement. 

  • A cigarette. 

  • Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon. 

  • A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts. 

  • A fold that is stitched on a garment. 

  • A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters. 

scoot

verb
  • To walk or travel fast; to go quickly. 

  • To run away hastily; scram. 

  • To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end. 

  • To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo. 

  • To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.). 

  • To squirt. 

  • To ride on a scooter. 

noun
  • A sudden flow of water; a squirt. 

  • A sideways shuffling or sliding motion. 

  • a scooter. 

  • A dollar. 

How often have the words dart and scoot occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )