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Definition: Scooter |
ScooterNoun1. A motorboat resembling a motor scooter. 2. Child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot. 3. A cycle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel. 4. A sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice. 5. Large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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The term scooter has several distinct meanings.1. Road Motor Scooter
A road motor scooter is a motorcycle with a step-through frame in which the rider sits without straddling any part of the engine. Most modern motor scooters have automatically shifting transmissions and also have wheels smaller in diameter (between 8 and 14 inches [20-35 cm]) than other motorcycles. The engine is usually found near the rear wheel or axle and is typically smaller than engines on other motorcycles. Most modern motor scooters come with two-cycle engines with automatic oil injection, however, cleaner burning four-cycle engines are becoming popular and high powered electric road scooters are on the horizon now that small electric motorcycles like the Viento and the eGO have been released.
Road motor scooters are tremendously popular in Europe, India, China, Japan and in many places in the world, however for some reason not in the United States. In many parts of the world, motor scooters are a popular form of urban transportation due to their size, fuel-efficiency, weight, and typically larger storage room than a motorcycle. In many localities, certain road motor scooters are considered by law to be in the same class as mopeds or small motorcycles and therefore they have fewer restrictions than that of larger motorcycles. In North America the legal distinctions vary by state but usually refer to motorcycles with an engine displacement of 50cc (cubic centimeters) or less as being in the moped class.
The Vespa originally manufactured by Piaggio in post World War II Italy with aircraft materials and styling became the first of the road motor scooters and defined the vehicle type for three and a half decades. In the 1980s new versions of scooters began to be released and become popular, especially in Japan and Far-East Asia. This styling of scooters began to reflect that of larger, sporty, higher-performance motorcycles of the time and the trend has continued to the current day. With the release of the Honda Rukus, there may be a new trend towards dirt-bike scooters just beginning. The classic styling of the Vespa has never lost its popularity, however and remains the most popular and most imitated scooter design. Most all manufacturers now carry both a classic/retro model and a sporty/modern model.
Osa, the Poland-manufactured WFM.
2. Assistive and Small Electric Sit-Down Motor Scooters
- Manufacturers include
- Aprilia
- Vespa, Gilera all from Piaggio
- Italjet
- Lambretta
- Peugeot
- Honda
- Suzuki
- Yamaha
- Fuji
- Mitsubishi
- Go-peds
- TN'G
- WFM
This type of scooter has become a great boon to people with mobility problems all over the world. The primary differences between road motor scooters and electric motor scooters are the use of electric motors and their tendency to not be built for heavy road use. Small electric scooters are becoming popular in North American campgrounds and suburban areas, as well as with youth.
3. Motorized One-Axle, Stand-up Scooters
Two wheeled variants of electric scooters, motorized one-axle, stand-up scooters gained much attention in 2002 and 2003 with the release of the much anticipated Segway HT. The company which has been marketing the Segway has attempted with some success to pass legislation to allow this type of scooter on city sidewalks in North America. All other types of scooters are typically confined to the roadway or bike lanes.
4. Children's/Push Stand-up Scooter
A children's or adult push scooter or kick scooter lacks a motor, and the user generally stands on a platform with a vertical post that controls steering. Sometimes as simple as a board and post hand-mounted on roller skate wheels, commercial versions (often variants of the skateboard) have met with varying degrees of popularity.
5. Smaller Kick Stand-up Scooter
In the early 2000s, a sleeker, narrower folding version of the kick scooter became wildly popular in the US, with a wide variety of colors and styles. Popular brands include Razor, Kick, and Xootr.
External Links:
- http://www.dreamscape.com/danny/faq/index.html
- http://www.electric-bikes.com/kickers.htm
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Scooter."
Synonyms: ScooterSynonyms: ice yacht (n), iceboat (n), motor scooter (n), scoter (n), sea scooter (n), water scooter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Scooter |
| English words defined with "scooter": sea scooter ♦ water scooter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scooter": COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER, PATROL ♦ motorcycle mechanic, MOTORCYCLE REPAIRER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Scooter" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (motor scooter, scooter), Italian (scooter), Spanish (motor scooter, scooter). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I hate scooter pie. (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken) Your nickname will be scooter. (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken) Gee, it's a long way to Washington, Scooter, maybe you should start running now. (Muppet Babies; writing credit: Katherine Lawrence; Jeffrey Scott) Scooter, if you had ten hot dogs and Skeeter took three of them, what would you have (Muppet Babies; writing credit: Katherine Lawrence; Jeffrey Scott) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Man with the Scooter (2001) Scooter (1995) Down & Dirty Scooter Trash (1988) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Closer view of the Great Dark Spot and the "scooter". Credit: NASA. |  | Diver with scooter confronts a goosefish. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Migrant keymaker's children with homemade scooter, Jefferson, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Canadian scenes. Sporting goods store display window with scooter bikes, fishing equipment and other items. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Scooter stop" by Jerry Zee Commentary: "Neighbor kid on scooter, close up of front wheel." | "Blue vespa" by Jesse Braun Commentary: "Vespa scooter, in denia (spain) ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Scooter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scooter" is used about 81 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 81 | 36,835 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "scooter": cabin scooter ♦ motor scooter ♦ sea scooter ♦ water scooter. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "scooter": motor-scooter, ski-scooter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
scooter | 12,063 | cheap electric scooter | 199 |
electric scooter | 8,614 | electric scooter for kid | 199 |
gas scooter | 4,266 | cushman scooter | 198 |
motor scooter | 3,764 | scooter moped | 197 |
motorized scooter | 1,543 | mobility scooter | 179 |
gas powered scooter | 1,220 | used scooter | 176 |
honda scooter | 864 | wholesale scooter | 151 |
scooter and razor | 688 | electric motor scooter | 146 |
e scooter | 427 | mini scooter | 139 |
scooter store | 385 | rascal scooter | 131 |
yamaha scooter | 380 | pride scooter | 128 |
vespa scooter | 377 | fast electric scooter | 124 |
freedom scooter | 337 | cobra scooter | 123 |
push scooter | 283 | 3 gas powered scooter | 120 |
power scooter | 276 | gas motor scooter | 119 |
scooter for sale | 273 | honda motor scooter | 119 |
accessory for scooter | 231 | geely scooter | 118 |
cheap gas scooter | 225 | suzuki scooter | 116 |
scooter part | 217 | cheap scooter | 116 |
segway scooter | 200 | electric scooter part | 115 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "scooter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | motoçikletë e vogël, ballëz dyrrotëshe. (various references) | |
Arabic | دراجة الرجل, دراجة بخارية صغيرة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | скутер, мопед, детско колело тротине. (various references) | |
Chinese | 滑行车. (various references) | |
Czech | skútr, kolobìžka. (various references) | |
Danish | Sortand (black duck, Common Scoter), scooter, loebehjul (impeller, rotor, wheel). (various references) | |
Dutch | autoped. (various references) | |
Esperanto | skutilo, trotilo. (various references) | |
Farsi | قایق موتوری ته پهن , روروک مخصوص بچه ها, روروک سواری کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | skootteri. (various references) | |
French | scooter (motor scooter), trottinette. (various references) | |
Frisian | rinfytske, autopet. (various references) | |
German | Roller (scooters), Motorroller (motor scooter). (various references) | |
Greek | βέσπα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | קורקינט, קטנוע (motor scooter). (various references) | |
Hungarian | roller, robogó (motor scooter). (various references) | |
Irish | scútar. (various references) | |
Italian | motoretta, scooter, monopattino. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 原付き (low power "motorized" bicycle, moped), スキャンロン方式 (child-rearing with frequent physical contact, door-to-door condom sales-lady, reskilling, Scanlon plan, school, school bus, school color, school zone, schooling, schoolmate, schooner, scoop, scramble, scramble race, scrambled eggs, scrap, scrap and build, scrapbook, scratch, scratch hit, scratch match, scratch noise, scratch player, scratch race, scrub, scrum, scrum half, scrummage, scuba, scuba diving, self-contained under-water breathing apparatus, skill, skillful, skills inventory system, skin, skin care, skin cream, skin diver, skin diving, skin food, skinheads, square, square dance, square neckline, square stance, squeeze, squeeze bunt, squeeze play, squid). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | スクーター , げんつき (low power "motorized" bicycle, moped). (various references) | |
Manx | scughan. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ooterscay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | trottinette, trotineta, pato negro (black duck, Common Scoter), patinete, moto (motorcycle, motto), lambreta (motor scooter), "scooter". (various references) | |
Romanian | scuter (motor scooter), trotinetã. (various references) | |
Russian | скутер;самокат, скутер, мотороллер (motor scooter). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skuter, trotinet. (various references) | |
Spanish | patinete (skate-board), scooter (motor scooter), escúter. (various references) | |
Swedish | sparkcykel, skoter (motor scooter). (various references) | |
Turkish | skuter, tekerlekli kızak, moped (moped, motor scooter), mobilet, buz kayağı. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скутер, самокат, той, що біжить стрімголов. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Melanitta nigra, Oidemia nigra. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scooter": scooters. (additional references) | |
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"Scooter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mccotter, Psocoptera, schober, Schotter, scomer, scoober, scooner, scooten, scotam, Scotbec, scote, Scotgen, Scothern, Scotter, scottum, Scouler, scouter, scower, Scuderi, scuter, scutter, skoter, snooter, Sooster, sooter, spooter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "scooter" (pronounced skuw"ter) |
| 4 | -k uw" t er | cooter. |
| 3 | -uw" t er | commuter, computer, cuter, hooter, looter, microcomputer, minicomputer, neuter, pewter, polluter, recruiter, rooter, shooter, Souter, suiter, suitor, supercomputer, tutor. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: cooters. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-o-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: cooers, cooter, corset, coster, escort, rectos, roscoe, scoter, sector, torose. | |
-2 letters: ceros, cooer, coots, cores, corse, coset, cotes, crest, escot, recto, roose, roost, roots, roset, rotes, rotos, scoot, score, store, torcs, tores, toros, torse, torso. | |
-3 letters: cero, coos, coot, core, cors, cost, cote, cots, eros, erst, oots, orcs, ores, orts, recs, rest, rets. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-o-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: cheroots, coronets, creosote, outscore, scooters. | |
+2 letters: codebtors, coeditors, coleworts, concertos, consorted, corantoes, coronates, corotates, cortisone, courteous, creodonts, creosoted, creosotes, crocoites, evocators, footraces, objectors, ostracode, outscored, outscores, overcoats, overstock, porticoes, prosector, softcover, stonecrop, vorticose. | |
+3 letters: boycotters, centrosome, cocreators, coinvestor, collectors, comforters, concocters, confiteors, connectors, contemnors, convectors, convertors, cooperates, coprolites, correctors, cortisones, courantoes, courthouse, creosoting, crookedest, decontrols, decorators, doctorates, doctorless, ecotourism, ecotourist, ectomorphs, entoprocts, forecourts, locutories, microtomes, microtones, motorcades, neotropics, nonvectors, octonaries, orthoclase, osmometric, ostracodes, outcrossed, outcrosses, outercoats, outscorned, overcounts, overstocks, ozocerites, projectors, prosectors, prosecutor, prospector, protectors, recontours, scrootched, scrootches, sociometry, softcovers, stonecrops, switcheroo, topcrosses. | |
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