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 ordinaryroller 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.

Origin of skateboard

1
First recorded in 1960–65; skate1 + board

Other words from skateboard

  • skateboarder, noun
  • skateboarding, noun

Words Nearby skateboard

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British Dictionary definitions for skateboard

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

Derived forms of skateboard

  • skateboarder, noun
  • skateboarding, noun

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