1. A wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered petrol engine geared to the rear wheel
   "She zipped through the city streets on her motor scooter";
   - motor scooter
    
2. Child's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot
   "The little girl rode her scooter down the pavement"
    
3. A motorboat resembling a motor scooter
   "They rented water scooters for a fun day at the beach";
   - water scooter
    
4. [N. Amer, informal] A sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for travelling over ice
   "The scooter glided swiftly across the frozen lake";
   - iceboat, ice yacht
    
5. Large black diving duck of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere
   "The scooter's dark plumage contrasted sharply with the white foam of the breaking waves";
   - scoter

Derived forms: scooters

Type of: motorboat, powerboat, sea duck, vessel, watercraft, wheeled vehicle

Part of: genus Melanitta, Melanitta

Encyclopedia: Scooter