skimboard
Americannoun
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of skimboard
First recorded in 1965–70; skim ( def. ) + board ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Its first board, the Beater, could ride like a surfboard or be used as a bodyboard or skimboard after taking off the fins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
The men were hoping to skimboard on one of the main roads running along Galveston's gulf shoreline, but it hadn't flooded yet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2017
He was the first one of his group in the ocean, except he wasn’t carrying a surfboard, or a skimboard, or a boogie board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2016
When Jessie and Evan went to the beach, they would boogie board and bodysurf and skimboard and throw a Screaming Scrunch Ball back and forth the whole time.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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