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

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Surplus electric scooters from Russia’s thriving scooter rental industry. David Axe, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Just as the electric scooter offers a smoother, more cost-effective ride compared to a bicycle, CPaaS paves the way for a more efficient and dynamic enterprise communication framework. Gegham Azatyan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 The next 50,000 consumers would thereafter be able to purchase the electric scooter for $1,495 (INR 130,000), after which this e-scooter will retail for $1,667 (INR 145,000). New Atlas, 10 Mar. 2025 But a lot of the pleasure of watching the filmmaker and his cast do their exquisite cover version is gone, replaced only by some clumsy buddy-comedy elements (was anyone begging to see Butler and Wilson to race each on electric scooters while high on Ecstasy?) and a lot of action-movie hot air. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for electric scooter

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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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 3 May. 2025.

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