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skateboard

[ skeyt-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, fiberglass, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance on the part of the rider than ordinary roller skates do:

    Skateboards were pretty “primitive” back in the sixties.



verb (used without object)

  1. to ride a skateboard:

    She skateboarded during her lunch break nearly every day.

skateboard

/ ˈskeɪtˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a narrow board mounted on roller-skate wheels, usually ridden while standing up
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to ride on a skateboard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈskateˌboarding, noun
  • ˈskateˌboarder, noun
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Other Words From

  • skateboarder noun
  • skateboarding noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skateboard1

First recorded in 1960–65; skate 1 + board
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Example Sentences

“He was riding a skateboard and he was all happy. He was measuring the drapes here,” Adams said.

From Salon

Williams and Hugo helped to evolve rap and hip-hop from blinged-out models-and-bottles posturing to something cooler and more alternative, infusing skateboard style and rock influences into their music and fashion.

Riley, son of skateboard great Tony Hawk, and Frances Bean, the only child of Courtney Love and late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, welcomed a baby boy in September, they announced in matching Instagram posts over the weekend.

Then I’ll hop on my skateboard and skate back to my car.

Shontel Anestasia holds onto her skateboard.

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