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scooter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scooter has 5 senses
- scooter(n = noun.artifact) sea scooter, water scooter - a motorboat resembling a motor scooter; Array is a kind of motorboat, powerboat
- scooter(n = noun.artifact) Array - child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot; Array is a kind of wheeled vehicle
- scooter(n = noun.artifact) motor scooter - a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel; Array is a kind of wheeled vehicle
- scooter(n = noun.artifact) ice yacht, iceboat - a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice; Array is a kind of vessel, watercraft
- scooter(n = noun.animal) scoter - large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere; Array is a kind of sea duck
Derived form verb scoot1
Derived form verb scoot1
Derived form verb scoot1
Derived form verb scoot1
is a member of genus melanitta, melanitta
has particulars: common scoter, melanitta nigra
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scooter, n. & v.
--n.
1 a 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.
2 (in full motor scooter) a light two-wheeled open motor vehicle with a shieldlike protective front.
3 US a sailboat able to travel on both water and ice.
--v.intr. travel or ride on a scooter.
--n.
1 a 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.
2 (in full motor scooter) a light two-wheeled open motor vehicle with a shieldlike protective front.
3 US a sailboat able to travel on both water and ice.
--v.intr. travel or ride on a scooter.
Derivative
scooterist n.
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