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

Electric scooters, which can be rented on an app, have become the latest entrant in the burgeoning urban hipster transportation market.—

Ryan Teague Beckwith

called also e-scooter

Examples of electric scooter in a Sentence

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The bike is a fully functional electric scooter, albeit a basic one. —

Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025 Images released by police show two figures apparently leaving the scene on a pushbike and electric scooter. —

Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 17 Jan. 2025 Tule Bernal, 48, had been searching for an electric scooter stolen earlier that day from his 14-year-old son, police told The Mercury News. —

Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025 The bike itself is a very basic electric scooter, apparently devoid of mirrors or indicators, but furnished with stealthy headlight and brake light arrangements. —

New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for electric scooter

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of electric scooter was in 1920

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“Electric scooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electric%20scooter. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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