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scooter

  (skū'tər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A child's vehicle consisting of a long footboard between two small end wheels, controlled by an upright steering handle attached to the front wheel.
  2. A motor scooter.
  3. A flatbottom sailboat with runners that can skim over water or ice.

 
 
Word Tutor: scooter
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IN BRIEF: A vehicle propelled by pushing the road with one's foot.

pronunciation All he wanted for his birthday was a bright green scooter.

 
WordNet: scooter
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The noun has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: a motorboat resembling a motor scooter
  Synonyms: water scooter, sea scooter

Meaning #2: child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot

Meaning #3: a cycle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel
  Synonym: motor scooter

Meaning #4: a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
  Synonyms: iceboat, ice yacht

Meaning #5: large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
  Synonym: scoter


 
Wikipedia: scooter (disambiguation)

Scooter may refer to:

Vehicles

  • Scooter (motorcycle), a two-wheeled motorized vehicle with a step-thru frame.
  • Mobility scooter, a motorized chair with three or four wheels that is designed for people with limited mobility.
  • Motorized scooter, a vehicle consisting of a footboard mounted on two wheels and a long steering handle, propelled by a small motor. It is also referred to as a Power operated vehicle/scooter.
  • Kick scooter, a vehicle consisting of a footboard mounted on two wheels and a long steering handle.
  • Iceboat (also known as an ice scooter), any small, light vehicle able to travel quickly across water, ice, or snow.
  • Personal water craft (also known as a sea scooter), a motorboat resembling a motor scooter.
  • Scooter (diving), an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers to increase their range while underwater.
  • Air scooter, an ultralight helicopter of co-axial rotor configuration
  • Speeder bike (also known as a sky scooter), a fictional vehicle used by the character Darth Maul in the movie Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

People


Fictional characters

Other

  • Scooter, a corruption of the word Scoter; a large black diving duck.
  • Scooter (band), German dance band

 
Translations: Translations for: Scooter

Dansk (Danish)
n. - scooter, løbehjul
v. intr. - løbe på løbehjul

Nederlands (Dutch)
scooter, autoped

Français (French)
n. - patinette, trottinette, scooter, (US) yacht à glace
v. intr. - naviguer en scooter (des mers), voyager en scooter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Motorroller, Roller
v. - rollern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πατίνι, βέσπα

Italiano (Italian)
motoretta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - patinete (m), barco a vela (m)

Русский (Russian)
человек, бегущий стремглав, удирающий человек, самокат, скутер, мотороллер, маленький плуг

Español (Spanish)
n. - moto, vespa, patineta
v. intr. - andar en moto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skoter, sparkcykel, isjakt

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
速可达, 单脚滑行车, 踏板车, 骑小轮摩托车, 玩踏板车, 骑单脚滑行车

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 速可達, 單腳滑行車, 踏板車
v. intr. - 騎小輪摩托車, 玩踏板車, 騎單腳滑行車

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 외발 스케이트, 스쿠터, 활주 범선
v. intr. - ~스쿠터로 달리다, 나아가다, 활주 범선으로 활주하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 片足スケート, スクーター

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) دراجه يسيرها ألطفل برجل واحدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קטנוע‬
v. intr. - ‮רכב על קטנוע, נה בקטנוע‬


 
 

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