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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According to police, officers were unable to locate the passenger from the motor scooter.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
Two people were hospitalized after a motor scooter crashed into a bicycle on Thursday night in Bridgeport.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
State Variations and Federal Land Most states have put in the work to understand and codify the differences between ebikes and motor scooters.
—WIRED, 4 Oct. 2020
On Friday, an online photograph of La Porta celebrating his team’s win on the balcony of a restaurant alerted police to his location on the Greek island of Corfu, where he was intercepted on a motor scooter and arrested after 11 years on the run.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
Two people were hospitalized after a motor scooter crashed into a bicycle on Thursday night in Bridgeport.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
State Variations and Federal Land Most states have put in the work to understand and codify the differences between ebikes and motor scooters.
—WIRED, 4 Oct. 2020
On Friday, an online photograph of La Porta celebrating his team’s win on the balcony of a restaurant alerted police to his location on the Greek island of Corfu, where he was intercepted on a motor scooter and arrested after 11 years on the run.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
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“Motor scooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20scooter. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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