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scootering

scootering noun: the activity of riding a scooter, often specifically a kick scooter. Also the present participle and gerund of scooter.

Noun

scootering (uncountable)

  1. The activity of riding a scooter, often specifically a kick scooter.
    • She now counts many of those people among her friends and considers herself a scooter girl--someone for whom scootering is the primary interest, as opposed to a mod or a skinhead, for whom the scooter is just one component of a complex subculture. "1998 July 24, Cara Jepsen, “Active Cultures: Scottzilla revs it up”, in Chicago Reader
    • Bicycling, skateboarding and scootering can provide health benefits in numerous ways.2007 May 29, “Can We Afford Our Oil Gluttony? (6 Letters)”, in New York Times

Also used as

scootering is also the present participle and gerund of scooter.

Questions about scootering

What does scootering mean?
Scootering means the activity of riding a scooter, often specifically a kick scooter.
What part of speech is scootering?
Scootering is a noun.

Words near scootering in the dictionary

  1. scooterboy
  2. scooterboys
  3. scootered
  4. scooterer
  5. scooterers
  6. scootering
  7. scooterist
  8. scooterists
  9. scooterless
  10. scooterlike
  11. scooters

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