skateboard
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 ordinaryroller skates do: Skateboards were pretty “primitive” back in the sixties.
to ride a skateboard: She skateboarded during her lunch break nearly every day.
Origin of skateboard
1Other words from skateboard
- skateboarder, noun
- skateboarding, noun
Words Nearby skateboard
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How to use skateboard in a sentence
Children younger than 10 years old saw the biggest increase in injuries from skateboards and scooters.
Pandemic led to fewer sports injuries, more firework and power-tool accidents | Todd Frankel | March 4, 2021 | Washington PostThis time, all it took was one man, a skateboard, and a very large bottle of cranberry juice.
Consider the viral Ocean Spray-sipping TikToker on a skateboard with Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” playing in the background.
‘A regular drum beat of content’: How brands like Chobani are using TikTok to reach new audiences | Kimeko McCoy | January 29, 2021 | DigidaySo, he jumped on his skateboard as one does, to take himself there.
Huber, who was carrying a skateboard, was shot in the chest after apparently trying to wrest the gun from Rittenhouse, the complaint said.
Prosecutors charge teen in fatal shooting of two protestors and wounding of a third in Kenosha | kdunn6 | August 28, 2020 | Fortune
Look no further than Marbel, the record-setting, streamlined electric skateboard that weighs less than 10lbs.
Fish on Wheels, Digital Pet Babysitters, and More of the Summer’s Best Kickstarters | Charlotte Lytton | May 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen 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 Scratch | Nina Strochlic | May 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey rollerblade, skateboard, perform beatbox and hip-hop, and do parkour.
“Growing up I had a funky skateboard and I loved watching Dolly Parton movies,” said Latifah.
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British Dictionary definitions for skateboard
/ (ˈskeɪtˌbɔːd) /
a narrow board mounted on roller-skate wheels, usually ridden while standing up
(intr) to ride on a skateboard
Derived forms of skateboard
- skateboarder, noun
- skateboarding, noun
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