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

She has also taken to the sea on a paddleboard with the help of her friend Adam when visiting islands off the coast including Aran, Inishbofin, and Clare, much to the disbelief of the locals.

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Paddleboard firm owner and ex-police officer Nerys Lloyd is currently serving a 10-and-a-half year sentence for causing their deaths.

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Weeks earlier he and her mother had bought her a paddleboard for her 40th birthday.

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The lagoon is too shallow to swim in most parts, and from a paddleboard I’ve seen 2-foot-long leopard sharks, which scare me.

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"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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