motor scooter

British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: scooter.  a light motorcycle with small wheels and an enclosed engine

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Example Sentences

Many have noted the slow postpandemic recovery of motor scooter sales, a product seen as an indicator of how entry-level consumers are doing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then up, up, and up, past the markets, clothing boutiques, fix-it shops, the swirling schools of motor scooters and all those purple jacaranda trees, starting their seasonal bloom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before graduate school, he invested in a Colombian floor tile company while on a motor scooter trip in South America.

From Science Magazine

In 1959 he traveled to Europe on a cargo ship, bringing a motor scooter and a guitar.

From New York Times

Eventually, her cardiologist did write her a prescription for a motor scooter, but it couldn’t be delivered for six months and she ended up having to create a GoFundMe to get one sooner herself.

From Salon

Related Words

• motorbike
• scooter