skateboard
pronunciation
How to pronounce skateboard in British English:
UK [ˈskeɪtbɔːd]
How to pronounce skateboard in American English:
US [ˈskeɪtbɔːrd]
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- Noun:
- a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position
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- Verb:
- ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom
Word Origin
- skateboard
- 1964, noun and verb, from skate (v.) on model of surfboard. The phenomenon began c. 1963 in southern California and was nationwide the following summer. Skateboarding requires only a tapered piece of wood flexibly mounted on roller-skate wheels and a stretch of pavement -- preferably downhill and away from traffic. ["Life," June 5, 1964]
Example
- 1. Look , it 's simple . Skateboard : college .
- 2. The cases are packaged in bamboo boxes inset with layers of skateboard wood
- 3. In january , uggie was a tv fixture - playing dead and riding a skateboard .
- 4. The company is expanding internationally and introducing a new line of shoes without wheels to cater to the skateboard set .
- 5. Perhaps odysseus had the right idea : the only surefire cure is removing the wheels from your skateboard or making sure your chess opponent is sitting at a faraway computer .