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scooter

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[skoo-ter]

noun

  1. Also called kick scooter.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 electric scooter.Also called e-scooter.a similar vehicle with or without a seat, propelled by a motor powered by rechargeable batteries.

  3. Also called motor scooter.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.

  5. Pacific barracuda.



verb (used without object)

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

scooter

2

[skoo-ter]

noun

plural

scooters 
,

plural

scooter .
  1. scoter.

scooter

/ ˈːə /

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. See motor scooter

  3. (in the US and Canada) another term for ice yacht

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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scooter1

First recorded in 1800–10; scoot + -er 1
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"I can't start my bike," one of them reportedly said, before eventually managing to take off on a scooter, the witnesses added.

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In another incident, he claimed he was kicked in the stomach after he fell off a push scooter as a nine-year-old.

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"The hospital told us they have no record of my brother. We also tried tracing his scooter, but nothing came of that either," Mr Kalawadia said.

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After California Highway Patrol officers pushed protesters off the 101 Freeway, people wearing masks flung chunks of concrete — and even a few electric scooters — at the officers, who sheltered under an overpass.

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I can see him sitting in front of the tube, letting out a cheer every time another “migrant criminal” flings a rock or a scooter at a patrol car.

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