skimboard

American

[skim-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈskɪmˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.

skimboard British

/ ˈskɪmbɔːd /

noun

a type of surfboard, shorter than standard and rounded at both ends

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verb

(intr) to surf on a skimboard

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Other Word Forms

skimboard noun
skimboarder noun
skimboarding noun

Etymology

Origin of skimboard

First recorded in 1965–70; skim ( def. ) + board ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Its first board, the Beater, could ride like a surfboard or be used as a bodyboard or skimboard after taking off the fins.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022

The men were hoping to skimboard on one of the main roads running along Galveston's gulf shoreline, but it hadn't flooded yet.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2017

He was the first one of his group in the ocean, except he wasn’t carrying a surfboard, or a skimboard, or a boogie board.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2016

When Jessie and Evan went to the beach, they would boogie board and bodysurf and skimboard and throw a Screaming Scrunch Ball back and forth the whole time.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

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