skateboard

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noun

skate·​board ˈskāt-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce skateboard (audio)
: a short board mounted on small wheels that is used for coasting and for performing athletic stunts

skateboard

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verb

skateboarded; skateboarding; skateboards

intransitive verb

: to ride or perform stunts on a skateboard
skateboarder noun

Examples of skateboard in a Sentence

Verb He skateboards to school every day.
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Noun
Two Riverside officers have been charged after one smashed a resident’s skateboard in a viral video. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025 Before dawn breaks on the morning of Sheila’s testimony in front of the House Oversight Committee, George shakes his wife awake to share a memory of watching their son practice skateboard tricks outside his office window in Albany. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
Chronicling the emergence of skateboarding as a cultural phenomenon in the 1970s, this film focuses on a group of young surfers from Venice, California who transformed the sport by bringing it to the streets and empty swimming pools of their community. Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025 It’s got skateboarding, it’s got punk rock clubs, it’s got Nineties music. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for skateboard

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1953, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skateboard was in 1953

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“Skateboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skateboard. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

skateboard

1 of 2 noun
skate·​board ˈskāt-ˌbō(ə)rd How to pronounce skateboard (audio)
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a short board mounted on small wheels that is used for coasting and for performing athletic stunts

skateboard

2 of 2 verb
: to ride or perform stunts on a skateboard
skateboarder
-ˌbōrd-ər How to pronounce skateboard (audio)
-ˌbȯrd-
noun

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