motor scooter

noun

plural motor scooters
: a 2- or 3-wheeled motorized vehicle that has a low seat and a bottom platform for resting the feet

Examples of motor scooter in a Sentence

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The golf carts were joined by bikes with flags and patriotically dressed riders, at least one motor scooter and a cart defying description carrying a smiling driver. Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 10 July 2025 The trouble had begun after a motor scooter accident. Sushma Subramanian, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025 But Sunday morning, several hundred brave riders will set out to complete the same journey on... motor scooters. William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 June 2025 Until Apollo just sent me its latest dual motor scooter – a 2024 version called the Apollo Go. Scott Kramer, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motor scooter

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of motor scooter was in 1919

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“Motor scooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20scooter. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

motor scooter

noun
: a motorized vehicle with two or three wheels like a child's scooter but having a seat
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