scooters

Meanings

1. 1nounplural

   Light vehicles with a small platform and two or three wheels that a rider pushes along with one foot, usually pushed or powered by a motor.

   Grammar: Plural of scooter: two kick scooters were left by the door.

   Patterns

   • ride scooters
   • rent scooters

   The children raced their scooters down the park path.

   Tourists can rent electric scooters near the station.

   Scooters were parked in a row outside the café.

2. 2nounplural

   Small motorbikes with a step-through frame and a platform for the rider's feet, popular for short city trips.

   Grammar: Often shortened from motor scooters.

   Patterns

   • ride scooters
   • a fleet of scooters

   Rows of scooters buzzed through the narrow streets of the old town.

   Scooters are cheap to run, so many students use them.

   They fixed old scooters in the garage on weekends.

Word forms

Common combinations

electric scooters

Electric scooters are now allowed in some bike lanes.

ride scooters

The boys ride scooters to school.

rent scooters

We rented scooters to explore the island.

mobility scooters

Mobility scooters help people with limited movement go shopping.

park scooters

Please park scooters in the marked area.

Synonyms and how they differ

mopeds

Mopeds are small motorized bikes with pedals or a low-powered engine, while scooters can be human-powered or have larger engines.

motorbikes

Motorbikes are larger, more powerful machines, whereas scooters are lighter and built for short trips.

kick scooters

Kick scooters are specifically the pushed, non-motor kind, which is a narrower sense of scooters.

Word family

scooter noun

the singular form

scoot verb

to move quickly, informally

scooting noun

riding a scooter

scooterist noun

someone who rides a scooter, a rarer word

Commonly confused: scooters or scouters?

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