1 (also motor scooter) a light two-wheeled open motor vehicle on which the driver sits over an enclosed engine with their legs together and their feet resting on a floorboard.
[often with modifier] any small, light, vehicle able to travel quickly across water, ice, or snow:a snow scooter
2a child’s toy consisting of a footboard mounted on two wheels and a long steering handle, propelled by resting one foot on the footboard and pushing the other against the ground.
verb
[no object]
travel or ride on a scooter: (as noun scootering)scootering is the most economical and practical form of transportation
Derivatives
scooterist
noun
scooter in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of scooter in the US English dictionary
