skateboard
Americannoun
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skateboards
plural
verb (used without object)
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skateboards,
present (3rd person singular)
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skateboarded,
past participle, past
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skateboarding
present participle
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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skateboardsimple
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skateboardssimple
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have skateboardedperfect
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has skateboardedperfect
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am skateboardingprogressive
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are skateboardingprogressive
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is skateboardingprogressive
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have been skateboardingperfect progressive
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has been skateboardingperfect progressive
Past
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skateboardedsimple
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had skateboardedperfect
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was skateboardingprogressive
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were skateboardingprogressive
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had been skateboardingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of skateboard
Explanation
A skateboard is a board with wheels on the bottom that you ride standing up. If you practice enough, you'll be able to do tricks on your skateboard, or at least ride down the block without falling off. When you ride your skateboard, you can say that you skateboard or skate. The sport or activity you do on a skateboard is skateboarding. The first skateboards, consisting of boxes or boards fitted with wheels from roller skates, appeared in the 1940s. The earliest skateboarders were surfers who wanted a way to practice even when they were on dry land—because of this, they were sometimes called "sidewalk surfers."
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In the background: the towering, backward-curving ramp structure not unlike a skateboard halfpipe, which the car launched up before coming back down and going back up again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
If he had amassed the same number of records, skateboard decks or vintage gaming consoles — all fire hazards — would he have gotten the same eviction warning?
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
In 1996, he spotted the land that would become his home while walking his dogs in upscale Carlsbad, the birthplace of skateboard legend Tony Hawk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Whatever happens this season, it doesn't seem like Lindblad's going to be swapping the cockpit for something slower like his skateboard any time soon.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Boo gets off the skateboard and I slip it under my arm.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
The sign on the tennis courts read 'no bikes and no skateboards'.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
They came on electric bikes, skateboards, walked or were dropped off by car early Thanksgiving morning at Cleveland High in Reseda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2025
Currently, she has eleven “champion trick-trained” dogs that can even ride skateboards if the party gets too dull.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025
Sawyer showcases favorite old skateboards, snowboards, bikes, canoes and collateral in his wood shop.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
So he must have skateboarded as a kid growing up in Long Beach, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
A 21-year-old man has skateboarded from Brighton to Africa in 55 days.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
He photographed sunsets and skateboarded, a passion that he had had since he was 6 — one his stepfather thought he was too old for.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city officials.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
When you skateboarded down the street at night you could hear everyone’s heartbeat, and they could hear yours, sort of like sonar.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
He used to spend nine hours a day skateboarding at a park in Santa Monica.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Growing up, he was more interested in drama and skateboarding than traditional sports and despite being a wrestling fan, did not realise it was something he could pursue locally.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
My brothers were particularly fond of one wooden ewe mounted on wheels, which gave her the jaunty appearance of a sheep who had recently discovered skateboarding.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
For instance, the Valley Zone Pavilion is “a backyard-inspired oasis” near venues for 3x3 basketball, modern pentathlon, skateboarding, cycling BMX racing and cycling BMX freestyle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Food, skateboarding, and fútbol are by FAR his three favorite things.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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