scooter
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- noun
- /ˈskuːtər/
- UK
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- I recently had a chance to see the first feature film from writer/director Scooter Downey, It's In the Blood.
Examples
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Director: Scooter Downey
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Each month, the two Little Passports characters, Sam and Sofia, travel to a new country on their magic scooter and share their experiences.
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Something tells me that Scooter Downey might agree.
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Writer/director Scooter Downey's debut feature "It's In The Blood" tells the story of an alcoholic father and his eidetic son who become stranded in the woods, where they have to deal with painful and traumatic memories, as well as with a blood-hungry monster that follows them.
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In 2000, he co-authored a PNAC position paper on defense spending which called for a huge increase on the grounds that "the best defense is a good offense." He shared credit for this proposal with Wolfowitz, Cohen, John Bolton, and Rumsfeld advisors Devon Cross and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
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In northern lakes, you might see a large flock of scooters diving for fish.
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The biologists tracked the migration patterns of the scooter during the winter months.
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While observing the wetlands, we spotted several scooters among the other waterfowl.
Synonyms
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A large black duck that dives for food near northern coasts
A sea duck that dives for food near the coast in northern Europe and Asia
A sea duck with black males and brown females
A group of sea ducks like scoters found near northern coasts
A large diving bird that lives by the sea and dives for food
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scooter as the name for a large diving duck is often spelled scoter, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of scoot, 'to move quickly', since the duck dives and 'scoots' through the water, though the bird's name may come from a different older source.