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
Terry GardnerElectric scooters, which can be rented on an app, have become the latest entrant in the burgeoning urban hipster transportation market.—Ryan Teague Beckwith
Ryan Teague Beckwithcalled also e-scooter
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Men on electric scooters zoomed past a square where prisoners used to be beheaded, now a few blocks away from a gleaming new metro station.
—Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Smith, struck in the foot, took off on an electric scooter.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Westport police are investigating an electric scooter crash that left a juvenile with serious injuries on Wednesday.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2025
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
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Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Smith, struck in the foot, took off on an electric scooter.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2025
Westport police are investigating an electric scooter crash that left a juvenile with serious injuries on Wednesday.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2025
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
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“Electric scooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20scooter. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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