electric scooter

noun

plural electric scooters

: a scooter propelled by an electric motor

The portable electric scooter is designed for adults and can travel 20 miles on one charge.

—Terry Gardner

Electric scooters, which can be rented on an app, have become the latest entrant in the burgeoning urban hipster transportation market.

—Ryan Teague Beckwith

called also e-scooter

Examples of electric scooter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While on tour for her book The Testaments in 2020, the Booker winner zipped around a New Zealand parking lot on an electric scooter. —Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025

And Zero has done exactly that, now venturing into the scooter segment in addition to its illustrious e-motorcycles, with the LS1 electric scooter. —New Atlas, 15 Nov. 2025

The environmentally minded prince launched The Earthshot Prize in 2020 to champion solutions that combat climate change, and his choice of an electric scooter fits right in with that mission. —Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025

For those exploring new ways to navigate daily life—or simply looking for a better ride—Ausom’s growing range of electric scooters offers a practical entry point into that future. —Matt Emma, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for electric scooter

• microcomputer
• minicomputer
• supercomputer
• commuter
• computer
• polluter
• recruiter
• neuter
• pewter
• router
• shooter
• suitor