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

Merchants used electric scooters to sail past security and parking enforcement to sell cowboy hats, bolo ties and other western trinkets to the tens of thousands of fans filling every seat in the stadium. —Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025

This was informed by Smith’s salad days in the electric scooter sector’s C suite, running Unagi’s global logistics from 2017-2021. —Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 11 Apr. 2025

According to a representative for the company's UK division, the electric scooter will likely make its way to the UK market by the latter part of 2025. —New Atlas, 7 Feb. 2025

Surplus electric scooters from Russia’s thriving scooter rental industry. —David Axe, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 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