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scoot·er
(sko͞o′tər)n.
1. A vehicle consisting of a long footboard usually 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.
4. A water scooter.
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scooter
(ˈskuːtə)n
1. (Automotive Engineering) a child's vehicle consisting of a low footboard on wheels, steered by handlebars. It is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground
2. (Automotive Engineering) See motor scooter
3. (Individual Sports, other than specified) (in the US and Canada) another term for ice yacht
ˈscooterist n
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scoot•er
(ˈsku tər)n.
1. a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
2. Also called motor scooter. a similar but larger and heavier vehicle for adults, propelled by a motor and having a saddlelike seat mounted on the footboard.
[1800–10]
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| Noun | 1. |  scooter - a motorboat resembling a motor scooter |
| 2. | scooter - child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" | |
| 3. |  scooter - a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheelwheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC" | |
| 4. |  scooter - a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over icevessel, watercraft - a craft designed for water transportation | |
| 5. |  scooter - large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemispheresea duck - any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser genus Melanitta, Melanitta - scoters common scoter, Melanitta nigra - a variety of scoter |
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Translations
دَرَّاجَةٌ بُخَارِيَّةدَرّاجَةٌ صَغيرَه
skútrkoloběžka
scooterløbehjul
potkulauta
skuter
robogóroller
hlaupahjólvespa, létt bifhjól
片足スケート
스쿠터
kolobežkaskúter
skiroskuter
skoter
รถของเด็กเล่นที่ใช้เท้าถีบ
bas-kayküçük motosikletmopedtrotinet
xe đẩy hai bánh của trẻ con
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scoot
(skuːt) verb (often with along, ~away, ~past etc) to move (away) fast. He scooted down the road.
ˈscooter noun1. a type of small motor-bicycle.
2. a child's two-wheeled toy vehicle propelled by the foot.
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scooter
→ دَرَّاجَةٌ بُخَارِيَّة skútr scooter Roller σκούτερ motocicleta potkulauta scooter skuter scooter 片足スケート 스쿠터 scooter scooter hulajnoga lambreta, patinete облегченный мотоцикл skoter รถของเด็กเล่นที่ใช้เท้าถีบ moped xe đẩy hai bánh của trẻ con 轻骑Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
scooter
n scooter m; mobility — scooter para discapacitadosEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.