skateboard

[skeyt-bawrd, -bohrd]

noun

1. a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, fiberglass, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance on the part of the rider than ordinary roller skates do.

   Skateboards were pretty “primitive” back in the sixties.

verb (used without object)

1. to ride a skateboard.

   She skateboarded during her lunch break nearly every day.

skateboard

/ ˈskeɪtˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a narrow board mounted on roller-skate wheels, usually ridden while standing up

verb

1. (intr) to ride on a skateboard

Other Word Forms

• skateboarding noun
• skateboarder noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of skateboard¹

First recorded in 1960–65; skate ¹ + board

Example Sentences

Cinematographer Michael Bauman puts together a gorgeous, silhouetted shot of St. Carlos’ skateboarding scouts vaulting over rooftops in front of a building lit up to look like the American flag.

From Los Angeles Times

When 68-year-old skateboarding legend Tony Alva carved through the concrete bowl at the Surf Skate Expo in Cornwall, a point was made for all people of a similar age.

From BBC

Similar to skateboarding and BMX, you get three attempts on the park to perform your best run.

From BBC

Jamie Blair, the owner of Glasgow-based skateboarding shop Clan Skates and a former member of the Kelvingrove skateboard team, said he was thrilled that skaters have a chance to rediscover it again.

From BBC

Currently, she has eleven “champion trick-trained” dogs that can even ride skateboards if the party gets too dull.

From Salon