motor scooter
noun
plural motor scooters
: a 2- or 3-wheeled motorized vehicle that has a low seat and a bottom platform for resting the feet
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In Cleveland, Francona’s preferred mode of transit was a motor scooter.
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C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Taking advantage of these not-particularly-sophisticated tools, however, requires one more change that may be trickier: registering e-bikes, motor scooters, and their drivers.
—Steve Cohen, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
The golf carts were joined by bikes with flags and patriotically dressed riders, at least one motor scooter and a cart defying description carrying a smiling driver.
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
The trouble had begun after a motor scooter accident.
—Sushma Subramanian, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 26 July 2025
Taking advantage of these not-particularly-sophisticated tools, however, requires one more change that may be trickier: registering e-bikes, motor scooters, and their drivers.
—Steve Cohen, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
The golf carts were joined by bikes with flags and patriotically dressed riders, at least one motor scooter and a cart defying description carrying a smiling driver.
—Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
The trouble had begun after a motor scooter accident.
—Sushma Subramanian, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2025
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“Motor scooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20scooter. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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