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
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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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“Often gliding by on her skateboard, with a smile that brightened her gorgeous blue eyes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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
Her older sons were close to the median, one on a skateboard and the other on skates, as the two cars seemingly accelerated and descended on them, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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
Heading down the hallway, I grin as I see a small Colombian flag taped on the outside of a half-open door, an overturned skateboard keeping it propped slightly open.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Elementary and middle school students were banned from using e-bikes, as well as electric scooters and skateboards, on school property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Currently, she has eleven “champion trick-trained” dogs that can even ride skateboards if the party gets too dull.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025
On the steps of the opera house teenage boys practised jumps on their skateboards and girls were recording TikTok dances on their phones.
From BBC ● May 28, 2024
Sawyer showcases favorite old skateboards, snowboards, bikes, canoes and collateral in his wood shop.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
The buses, and cabs, and bicycles, and skateboards.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
A 21-year-old man has skateboarded from Brighton to Africa in 55 days.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
Very occasionally, series have managed to capture this reality, as in the second and final season of HBO’s naturalistic comedy “Betty,” whose young characters skateboarded through pandemic-era New York in various states of matter-of-fact maskedness.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
Kids skateboarded, people did yoga, bicycle riders whizzed past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
He has crowd-surfed, skateboarded and made memorable quips at nationally televised debates.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2019
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
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
Shields’ Instagram features dozens of photos of her adventures skateboarding, surfing, camping and hiking across California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Linton fondly remembers the great food in the city and hanging out with friends in other bands while Burch spent downtime skateboarding in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
About how he talked more than he listened and made Avery feel bad when she couldn’t do a skateboarding trick he was trying to teach her and ditched her for other people at the pool.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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