paddleboard

[pad-l-bawrd]

noun

1. a board of variable size, similar to a surfboard in shape, used in any of various watersports that involve sitting, kneeling, lying, or standing on the board and propelling it with the hands or a paddle.

verb (used without object)

1. to engage in any of various watersports that involve riding on a board similar in shape to a surfboard while propelling it with the hands or a paddle, depending on whether one is sitting, kneeling, lying, or standing.

   If you’re heading out to paddleboard for the first time, go to a place you’re familiar with, and go with a friend.

paddleboard

/ ˈpædəlˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a long narrow surfboard

Word History and Origins

Origin of paddleboard¹

First recorded in 1780–90, for an earlier sense; 1930–35, for the current senses; paddle ¹ + board

Example Sentences

"They've learned how to paddleboard and fish, and sometimes you do an activity and maths and English come into that."

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Mr Rowland jumped off his paddleboard and swam over to the group as they frantically looking for David.

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A paddleboard firm boss jailed after four people died in a river accident was sacked from the police over a fraudulent insurance claim.

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A former paddleboard firm owner has been jailed for 10 years and six months after the deaths of four people on a river in south-west Wales.

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She was sentenced during a two-day hearing at Swansea Crown Court, which heard she was unqualified to lead a paddleboard tour of this kind.

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