[skoo-ter] 
| 1. | a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard. |
| 2. | Also called motor scooter. a similar but larger and heavier vehicle for adults, having a saddlelike seat mounted on the footboard and being propelled by a motor. |
| 3. | (in the U.S. and Canada) a sailboat equipped with runners for use on ice. |
| 4. | Pacific barracuda. |
| 5. | to sail or travel in or on a scooter. |
| a small, slender barracuda, Sphyraena argentea, of coastal seas from Alaska to Lower California, valued as a food fish. |
[skoh-ter] 
) -ter. | any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. |
| scoot·er (skōō'tər) n.
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