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skateboard - 3 dictionary results

skate⋅board

[skeyt-bawrd, -bohrd]
–noun
1. a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
–verb (used without object)
2. to ride a skateboard.

Origin:
1960–65; skate 1 + board


skateboarder, noun
skate·board   (skāt'bôrd', -bōrd')   
n.  A short narrow board having a set of four wheels mounted under it, ridden in a standing or crouching position and often used to perform stunts
intr.v.   skate·board·ed, skate·board·ing, skate·boards
To ride or perform stunts on a skateboard.
skate'board'er n.

skateboard 
1964, from skate (v.) on model of surfboard. The phenomenon began c.1963 in southern California.
Language Translation for : skateboard
Spanish: monopatín,
German: das Skateboard,
Japanese: スケートボード
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