Scooter may refer to:

Vehicles

Ground

Human or gravity powered

* Eccentric-hub scooter, propelled by a standing rider making a bouncing motion * Kick scooter, propelled by a standing rider pushing off the ground * Knee scooter, a mobility device used as an alternative to the traditional crutch

Motorized land vehicles

Scooter (motorcycle) A scooter (motor scooter) is a motorcycle with an underbone or step-through frame, a seat, and a platform for the rider's feet, emphasizing comfort and fuel economy. Elements of scooter design were present in some of the earliest motorcycles ...

, a motorcycle with a step-through frame, a seat, and a platform for the rider's feet *

Mobility scooter A mobility scooter is an electric vehicle and mobility aid mostly auxiliary to a power wheelchair but configured like a motorscooter. When motorized they are commonly referred to as a power-operated vehicle/scooter, or electric scooter. Non-mot ...

, a wheelchair with a motor *

Motorized scooter A motorized scooter is a stand-up scooter powered by either a small utility internal combustion engine or a small electric hub motor in its front and/or rear wheel. Classified as a form of micro-mobility, they are generally designed with a lar ...

, a powered vehicle similar to a kick scooter, ridden standing up * Self-balancing scooter, a dicycle with an electric motor, ridden standing up

Air

* "Scooter", a nickname for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk ground-attack aircraft * Ace Scooter, an American aircraft designed for homebuilt construction *

AirScooter AirScooter Corporation (), is a defunct American aircraft manufacturer that was based in Henderson, Nevada. It designed and intended to manufacture an ultralight helicopter, with a coaxial rotor configuration. The company was founded in early 20 ...

, a proposed ultralight helicopter design from the early 2000s *

Sopwith Scooter The Sopwith Swallow was a British parasol wing fighter aircraft of the First World War. A single example was built, but it saw no production, offering no performance advantages over contemporary biplanes. Design and development In June 1918, ...

, an unarmed parasol monoplane * SCOOTER, callsign for the airline Scoot

Water

* Bay scooter or ice scooter, a vehicle for quick travel across water, ice or snow * Diving scooter, an underwater vehicle for divers *

Water scooter A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter or jet ski, is a recreational watercraft that a rider sits or stands on, not within, as in a boat. PWCs have two style categories, first and most popular being a runabout or "sit down" whe ...

, a recreational watercraft

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Scooter (''Borderlands''), a mechanic in the video game series * Scooter (''Coronation Street''), a boyfriend of Sarah Platt * Scooter (''Gobots''), the Guardians' resident inventor in the toyline * Scooter (''How I Met Your Mother'' character), Lily's high-school boyfriend * Scooter (Muppet), the stage manager of the in-universe ''Muppet Show'' * Scooter (''SpongeBob SquarePants''), a purple fish who enjoys surfing * Scooter (talking baseball), an animated character used in Fox Sports broadcasts * Scooter, the protagonist of '' Swing with Scooter'', a DC comic book published in the late 1960s * Scooter, a nickname for

J. D. The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

, the main protagonist of the TV series ''Scrubs'' * Scooter, a character in Disney's 2008 film '' College Road Trip'' * Scooter McNutty, a squirrel from '' Barney & Friends'' * Scooter (''VeggieTales''), a carrot in the Christian children's media franchise

Music

* Scooter (Belgian band), a pop group * Scooter (band), a German dance and trance group

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Scooter'', a novel by Mick Foley * '' Scooter: Secret Agent'', a children's television program named after the title character

Science

Scooter (bird) The scoters are stocky seaducks in the genus ''Melanitta''. The drakes are mostly black and have swollen bills, the females are brown. They breed in the far north of Europe, Asia, and North America, and winter farther south in temperate zones of ...

, or scoter, a genus of seaducks * Water scooters (Gerridae), a family of waterbugs * The Scooter (Neptune), a storm on the planet Neptune

People

Scooter (nickname) {{Short description, none Scooter is a nickname of: * Scooter Berry (born 1986), professional American football player * Scooter Braun or Brown (born 1981), American talent manager, businessman, and promoter * Lloyd L. Burke (1924–1999), U.S. Arm ...

Young Scooter Kenneth Edward Bailey (born March 28, 1986), better known by his stage name Young Scooter, is an American rapper who is affiliated with Freebandz and 1017 Brick Squad Records and CEO of his own label Black Migo Gang. Scooter grew to prominence ...

, stage name of American rapper Edward Bailey (born 1986)

Other uses

Scooter (skirt) A skort is a pair of shorts with an overlapping fabric panel made to resemble a skirt covering the front and back, or a skirt with a pair of integral shorts hidden underneath (also can be called sport skirts) . History While some garments sold ...

, a pair of shorts resembling a skirt * Scooter pie, a marshmallow-filled cookie sandwich with a flavored coating