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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After Coppola cruised up with his Lambretta motor scooter, Redford hopped on the back, and the pair set off on the windy, winding road from Malibu to Topanga Canyon, where the movie was being shot.
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2025
There were few cars — mostly just workers in bamboo hats on foot or on bikes, with the occasional motor scooter zipping along.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
In Cleveland, Francona’s preferred mode of transit was a motor scooter.
—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
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2025
There were few cars — mostly just workers in bamboo hats on foot or on bikes, with the occasional motor scooter zipping along.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2025
In Cleveland, Francona’s preferred mode of transit was a motor scooter.
—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
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“Motor scooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motor%20scooter. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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