skimboard

[ skim-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

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

skimboard

/ ˈskɪmbɔːd /

noun

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

verb

1. intr to surf on a skimboard

Derived Forms

• ˈskimˌboarder, noun
• ˈskimˌboard, noun

Other Words From

• skimboarder noun
• skimboarding noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of skimboard¹

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

Example Sentences

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

But park the rigs on the pavement, enjoy the beach by skimboard or boogie board, and let the dunes be sculpted by nature rather than by churning wheels.

From Los Angeles Times

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 Literature

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

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