English Explanatory Dictionary

scooter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
  2. An electric version of the kick scooter.
  3. A motorscooter; a small motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
  4. A mobility scooter; an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled or elderly people.
  5. An ice scooter; a type of flat-bottomed, buoyant ice yacht used in the state of New York, equipped with runners for traveling over ice.
  6. Synonym of diver propulsion vehicle.
  7. Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta; the scoter.
  8. A scooter skirt (skort), especially when worn by girls as part of a school uniform.
verb
  1. To ride on a scooter.
name
  1. A male nickname.

Pronunciation

/ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/ en-us-scooter.ogg

Word forms

scooter scooters scootering scootered

Etymology

From scoot + -er.

Synonyms

e-scooter motorized scooter water scooter DPV diver propulsion vehicle scoot

Related words

moped

Derived words

air scooter diving scooter dog scooter electric scooter gym scooter ice scooter kick scooter knee scooter maxiscooter mobility scooter motorized scooter motor scooter push scooter scooterboy scooterer scooterist sea scooter sky scooter snow scooter square scooter water scooter scootering

Translations

Arabic: سْكُوتَر Arabic: بِسْكِلِيتَّة Armenian: մոտոռոլլեր Armenian: սկուտեր Belarusian: мотаро́лер Belarusian: ску́тэр Bengali: স্কুটার Bulgarian: мопед Catalan: escúter Chinese Mandarin: 速克達 /速克达 Chinese Mandarin: 機車 /机车 Czech: skútr Danish: scooter Dutch: scooter Esperanto: skotero Estonian: motoroller Estonian: skuuter Finnish: skootteri French: scooter Georgian: მოტოროლერი Georgian: სკუტერი German: Motorroller Greek: μοτοποδήλατο Greek: σκούτερ Hebrew: קַטְנוֹעַ Hebrew: טוּסְטוּס Hindi: स्कूटर Hungarian: robogó Hungarian: motoroller Icelandic: vespa Indonesian: skuter Irish: scútar Italian: scooter Japanese: スクーター Kazakh: мотороллер Khmer: ម៉ូតូ Korean: 스쿠터 Lao: ລົດຈັກ Latvian: motorollers Lingala: mobilette Lithuanian: motoroleris Macedonian: скутер Malay: skuter Malayalam: സ്കൂട്ടർ Norwegian Bokmål: scooter Norwegian Bokmål: skuter Norwegian Nynorsk: scooter Norwegian Nynorsk: skuter Polish: skuter Portuguese: motoneta Portuguese: lambreta Romanian: scuter
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