foilboard
foilboard noun: a surfboard with a hydrofoil that extends below the board into the water, causing the board to leave the surface of the water at various speeds.
Noun
foilboard (plural foilboards)
Verb
foilboard (third-person singular simple present foilboards, present participle foilboarding, simple past and past participle foilboarded)
- To surf using a foilboard.
- For decades, kitesurfers and, more recently, their foilboarding descendants have turned up at Crissy Field, a scruffy crescent of sand at the foot of the historic Presidio of San Francisco.2020 September 3, Guy Trebay, “Windjamming in the Bay”, in The New York Times
Forms of foilboard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | foilboards |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | foilboards |
| present participle | foilboarding |
| past participle | foilboarded |
| past | foilboarded |
Origin of foilboard
From foil + board.
Questions about foilboard
- What does foilboard mean?
- Foilboard means a surfboard with a hydrofoil that extends below the board into the water, causing the board to leave the surface of the water at various speeds.
- What part of speech is foilboard?
- Foilboard can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of foilboard?
- The plural of foilboard is foilboards.
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