scooter

/ˈskudər/

/ˈskutə/

Other forms: scooters

A scooter is a small wheeled vehicle. A child's scooter has two wheels and is powered by pushing one foot against the ground.

The word scooter covers a wide variety of vehicles. There's the kick scooter that you can use for rolling down the sidewalk, and the motor scooter that's essentially a lightweight, gas-powered motorcycle. Mobility scooters are used by people who need a little extra help getting around, either in the form of a wheeled walker that can be kneeled on, or a motorized wheelchair. The word scooter was originally shorthand for motor scooter.

Definitions of scooter

1. noun

   child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
   type of:

   wheeled vehicle

   a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
2. noun

   a motorboat resembling a motor scooter
   synonyms: sea scooter, water scooter

   type of:

   motorboat, powerboat

   a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine
3. noun

   a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel
   synonyms: motor scooter

   type of:

   wheeled vehicle

   a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people
4. noun

   a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
   synonyms: ice yacht, iceboat

   type of:

   vessel, watercraft

   a craft designed for water transportation
5. noun

   large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
   synonyms: scoter

   types:

   Melanitta nigra, common scoter

   a variety of scoter

   type of:

   sea duck

   any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser