scooter

«scooter» in Mova's school dictionary: a toy or vehicle with a narrow board, two small wheels… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (scooter, scooters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A scooter is a toy or vehicle with a narrow board, two small wheels and a long handle; you push it along with one foot. tree →

2) A scooter is also a small motorbike with a low seat, often called a motor scooter. tree →

3) An electric scooter (e-scooter) has a small motor and a battery. A scooter has 2 wheels. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life a scooter is a way to get to school, the park or the shops; children talk about riding, pushing, kicking and braking. Safety lessons: wear a helmet, ride on the path, stop and look at crossings. In maths it is a thing counted or bought, with wheels on scooters (2 each) and the distance or speed of a ride. Phrases: ride a scooter, kick scooter, e-scooter, scooter helmet.

examples

• A scooter costs $45. tree →
• There are 6 scooters with 2 wheels each, so there are 12 wheels. tree →
• She rides her scooter 2 km to school. tree →
• How many wheels are on 8 scooters? tree →
• Leo pushed off with one foot and his scooter rolled down the path. tree →
• Always wear a helmet when you ride your scooter. tree →
• Grandpa rides a red motor scooter to the market. tree →
• You can rent an electric scooter in many cities with a phone app. tree →

note

Countable: a scooter, two scooters. Verbs: ride a scooter, not drive (but «drive» is fine for a big motor scooter). Wheels per scooter is a hidden rate (2). Trap: do not count it like a bike with pedals, a tricycle with 3 wheels or a car with 4 wheels. Some toy scooters for small children have 3 wheels; read the problem. E-scooters often have age rules and are not allowed on footpaths in some places.

In the corpora

• Scooter riders need a helmet too.
• A helmet greatly lowers the chance of a serious head injury when cycling, skating or scootering.
• Even on a one-way street you look both ways, because bikes, scooters and some buses may come the other way.
• You walk a scooter down a steep hill, because you can lose control.
• A good helmet greatly lowers the chance of a serious head injury when you fall off a bike or scooter.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scooter» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.