skateboard
[skeyt-bawrd, -bohrd]
- 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.
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- to ride a skateboard.
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Origin of skateboard
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When a skateboard enthusiast turned her painting skills to making boards from scratch, the result was a work of art.
Lauren Andino, Skater Chick Turned Entrepreneur, Makes Old-school Boards From ScratchNina Strochlic
May 8, 2014
They rollerblade, skateboard, perform beatbox and hip-hop, and do parkour.
Nicole Miller turned to pop art, skateboard culture, and street style for her inspiration.
A memoir written in the present tense is like a fish on a skateboard.
skateboard
- a narrow board mounted on roller-skate wheels, usually ridden while standing up
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- (intr) to ride on a skateboard
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Word Origin and History for 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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