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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
Recent Examples on the Web
Two people were hospitalized after a motor scooter crashed into a bicycle on Thursday night in Bridgeport.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
State Variations and Federal Land Most states have put in the work to understand and codify the differences between ebikes and motor scooters.
—WIRED, 4 Oct. 2020
On Friday, an online photograph of La Porta celebrating his team’s win on the balcony of a restaurant alerted police to his location on the Greek island of Corfu, where he was intercepted on a motor scooter and arrested after 11 years on the run.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
People in the area, some of them wearing plastic bags over their shoes, struggled to move around, their motor scooters getting stuck.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
Five days before the trip, Mr. Jones fell off a motor scooter and broke his ankle.
—Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 14 July 2023
Everybody is on a motor scooter, 95% of the population, all wearing helmets, most with face masks, parking everywhere.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
On June 4, police said Banes attempted to cross the street in Manhattan when Boyd ran a red light on a motor scooter and crashed into Banes, knocking her over.
—Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2021
Editor’s picks Enter Father Amorth, tootling around Europe on a motor scooter, guzzling whiskey from a flask, and perhaps having more fun than an exorcist should be allowed.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1919, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Motor scooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20scooter. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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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