skateboard
[skeyt-bawrd, -bohrd]
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noun
a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
verb (used without object)
to ride a skateboard.
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Nearby words
- skat,
- skate,
- skate over,
- skate ski,
- skate-ski,
- skateboarder,
- skateboarding,
- skatemobile,
- skatepark,
- skater
Origin of skateboard
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Examples from the Web for skateboard
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A memoir written in the present tense is like a fish on a skateboard.
skateboard
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skateboard
1964, noun and verb, from skate (v.) on model of surfboard. The phenomenon began c.1963 in southern California and was nationwide the following summer.
Skateboarding requires only a tapered piece of wood flexibly mounted on roller-skate wheels and a stretch of pavement -- preferably downhill and away from traffic. ["Life," June 5, 1964]
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