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scooter

scooter

30 1.0
A small two-wheeled vehicle children push with one foot
  • noun
  • /ˈskuːtər/
translation icon : patinete
  • After school, the kids love to ride their scooters in the playground.
  • ride a scooter
  • riding a scooter
  • push a scooter

You could take these little scooters down there and it's free.

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Examples

  • Residents also use electric bicycles and scooters and have the safety of the bike lanes as well.

    Blog text (8)
  • I bought a scooter.

  • Give me your scooter, kid.

  • Do you like to ride a scooter?

  • I'll take my scooter out for a little spin.

  • Can I borrow your scooter?

  • A girl sailed past us on a red scooter; across the avenue, two men were arguing outside a bar.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Kids were laughing, riding scooters and kicking soccer balls about.

  • In Amsterdam, there are lots of scooters in the separated bike lanes.

    Blog text (29)
  • The children raced each other down the street on their scooters, laughing as they went.

Synonyms

kickboard
vsscooter
4.4

A small two-wheeled board you ride by pushing one foot on the ground

is mainly for children rather than for adults

Compounds

A small motorcycle with a flat area to rest your feet and a small engine

A small motor boat for one person to ride on water

A small motor boat you ride like a scooter on water

How Fast

motorbike
27 1.6
moped
18 3.2
bicycle
280 1.0
scooter
30 1.0
stroller
  • US
69 1.0

Surface Forms

scooter singular
scooters plural

Morphology

scooter = scoot (semi-transparent) = scoot + er

The suffix '-er' regularly forms a noun meaning a person or thing that performs the action of 'scoot'.

Etymology

Scooter comes from the short word scoot, which means 'to move quickly' or 'slide along'. A child's scooter is named that because you 'scoot' along by pushing with your foot, so the name reminds you it moves fast and easily.