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scooter

1

[ skoo-ter ]

noun

  1. Also called kick scooter [kik]. 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 e-scoot·er [ee, -skoo-ter],. a similar vehicle with or without a seat, propelled by a motor powered by rechargeable batteries.
  3. Also called mo·tor scoot·er [moh, -ter skoo-ter]. a lightweight motor vehicle similar to a motorcycle, having a saddlelike seat mounted over the engine and a footboard to rest the feet.
  4. (in the U.S. and Canada) a sailboat equipped with runners for use on ice.


verb (used without object)

  1. to sail or travel in or on a scooter.

scooter

2

[ skoo-ter ]

noun

, plural scoot·ers, (especially collectively) scoot·er.

scooter

/ ˈskuːtə /

noun

  1. a child's vehicle consisting of a low footboard on wheels, steered by handlebars. It is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground
  2. (in the US and Canada) another term for ice yacht


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Derived Forms

  • ˈscooterist, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scooter1

First recorded in 1800–10; scoot + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Eventually, users will be able to hail a scooter, which will travel up to several blocks to their location, according to Tortoise co-founder and president Dmitry Shevelenko.

“Adding mopeds, coupling that with bikes and scooters, allows riders to choose a single platform to get them from point to point and not be restricted as to where they want to go around the city,” Arroyo said.

While the batteries are expected to cost a similar amount to conventional lithium-ion technology, so far the company has only demonstrated them in an electric scooter.

That’s the idea behind a consortium of bike and scooter manufacturers coming together to develop and test new safety software that would allow forms of micromobility to communicate with nearby cars.

Cities also took issue with how often people dumped scooters in places they didn’t belong.

It was the last vehicle, aside from the occasional scooter, that we would see until the end of the trip.

Scooter Braun came across an earthbound angel on YouTube in 2008.

I hopped on my scooter and roared down to the store and stopped to grab some bananas (they were on the way).

I know your manager, Scooter Braun, also represents Justin Bieber.

He then whistles at another young-looking girl, hands her a FFF flyer, and then pouts when she speeds away on her scooter.

The two chums owned a small iceboat which went, on Lake Luna, by the name of scooter.

Like most of them, Frank Nelsen took the scooter up alone, from the start.

The scooter wavered, and they landed hard, even at reduced speed.

A scooter pulled up alongside them almost at once, with a gun-carrying mobster riding it.

He found Randolph waiting in a scooter outside the precinct house after he'd reported his results.

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