a motorboat resembling a motor scooter
"The captain steered the custom-built water scooter through the narrow channel at high speed."
child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
"The toddler pushed his bright red scooter down the sidewalk while chasing butterflies."
a wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel
"The delivery boy arrived early on his old scooter, which hummed quietly as its small gasoline engine powered him down the street."
A kick scooter or push scooter; a human-powered land vehicle with a handlebar, deck and wheels that is propelled by a rider pushing off the ground.
"The child zoomed down the sidewalk on his red kick scooter, effortlessly gliding over the smooth pavement."
In plain English: A scooter is a small vehicle with two wheels and handlebars that you stand on while riding it.
"We rented a scooter to get around the city easily."
Usage: Use this word to describe any small, two-wheeled personal transport device powered by kicking against the ground rather than pedaling. It distinguishes these vehicles from bicycles or motorized scooters based on their human-powered propulsion method.
To ride on a scooter.
"She decided to scoot over to the bus stop after finishing her coffee."
A male nickname.
"The other kids at school started calling him Scooter because of his quick feet."
The word scooter is formed by adding the suffix -er to the verb scoot. It was first used as a noun to describe a person or thing that moves quickly with a short, gliding motion.