skateboard

CEFRB1

/skˈeɪˌtbɔrd/

noun

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01
noun
A short board with wheels used for riding.
02
noun
Extra detail
A skateboard vehicle chassis: A chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (i.e. batteries), forming the vehicular base; an instance of this format.

Examples

When you skateboard, it puts quite a strain on your knees.
A new crossover model will arrive next year and will be based on an existing skateboard.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 4

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noun

Extra meanings

To use a skateboard.
A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.

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In context

She's been riding skateboards since she was eight years old.
You can't skateboard here.
In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.”

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.”
2018 July 13, Jaime Marie Davis, “How photographers have captured skateboarding through generations”, in CNN
“Maybe it’s a video to talk about the situation. They use the skateboard as their weapons to (educate) the generation around Europe and the world,” Tutenges said. “It’s a good way to keep talking about Ukraine.”
2024 July 27, Kyle Almond, “Ukrainian skateboarders take back their streets”, in CNN
“Mentally, it’s hard to live here,” a teenage skateboarder named Konstantino told him. “So we skateboard to free ourselves and heal ourselves. We go out into the street every day, as if it were our medicine.”
2016 May 27, David G. Allan, “Get on board: The new four-wheeled sport for everyone”, in CNN
He explained how the race was initially his idea, but it was Gay – a Bend resident ranked fourth in the world for the most miles skateboarded in 24 hours – who had to “sell the whole idea to the city” while seeking permission to host the race.
2024 July 27, Kyle Almond, “Ukrainian skateboarders take back their streets”, in CNN

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Origin

noun

From skate + board. The foot-treadable skateboard sense (noun sense 1) came first (mid-20th century). The vehicle chassis sense (noun sense 2) was named for its resemblance thereto (late 20th or early 21st century).

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noun

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noun

He performed a perfect kickflip on his blank at the local skate park.