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scooter

[skoo-ter] / ˈsku tər /


NOUN
motor scooter
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But pedestrians were again venturing outdoors: a father walking with his daughter on a scooter, children playing with a ball, or locals sunning themselves in a park.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

“I love Dubai. And I have no fear,” said Abdul Halim, a delivery scooter driver from Bangladesh, just after an incoming missile warning alert sounded on his phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"It looks like someone left it there, hopped off to whatever they were doing and never thought about the scooter again," he tells me with an exasperated sigh.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

"Drinking a six yuan latte from Luckin Coffee, delivered on a scooter by someone like Hu Anyan, whose labour makes 'cool China' visible while remaining almost invisible themselves."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

He could feel Nipper’s heartbeat, putt-putting away behind the toothpick ribs like a tiny motor scooter.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli