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scooter | media |

As a proper noun scooter

is (a male nickname).

As a verb media is

.

scooter

Noun

(en noun)
  • A kick scooter.
  • A small motor-powered bicycle of similar design, also motor scooter.
  • A mobility scooter, i.e. an electric-powered scooter specially designed for disabled and/or elderly people.
  • Any of the large, black ducks of the genus Melanitta ; the scoter.
  • A type of ice yacht known at least in the state of New York, equipped with runners for travelling over ice. The body has a flat bottom and is capable of floating in the water which makes it safe to use also on thin ice.
  • Derived terms

    * air scooter * diving scooter * dog scooter * gym scooter * ice scooter * kick scooter or kickscooter * knee scooter * maxiscooter * mobility scooter * mobility scooter * motorized-scooter * motor scooter or motorscooter * push scooter or pushscooter * scootering * scooterist * sea scooter * sky scooter * square scooter * water scooter

    See also

    * (l)

    Descendants

    * Malay: (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ride on a .
  • * {{quote-news, 2005, October 24, , Love Those Boomers, Business Week citation
  • , passage=But execs at parent company Piaggio noticed something odd as they scootered back and forth to their Manhattan offices

    Derived terms

    * scootering

    Anagrams

    * ----

    media

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (mediae)
  • (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
  • (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.
  • (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
  • Usage notes
    Not to be confused with medium.
    Derived terms
    * tunica media * medial
    Synonyms
    *(vein of insect wing) M
    Antonyms
    * (voiced stop) (l)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)
  • Means and institutions for publishing and broadcasting information.
  • As a result of the rise of, first, television news and entertainment media''' and, second, web-based '''media''', traditional print-based ' media has declined in popularity.
  • The journalists and other professionals who comprise the mass communication industry.
  • Some celebrities dislike press conferences, where the media bombards them with questions.
    Derived terms
    * media darling * media event (pos n) * mediagenic * mediascape (pos n) * multimedia * mass media * mainstream media * media circus * media whore