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skateboard

UK/ˈskeɪt.bɔːd//ˈskeɪt.bɔɹd/

skateboard noun: 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.

skateboard: a narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels...
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Noun

skateboard (plural skateboards)

  1. (recreation) 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.
    • She's been riding skateboards since she was eight years old.
    • 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
  2. 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.
    • A new crossover model will arrive next year and will be based on an existing skateboard.

Verb

skateboard (third-person singular simple present skateboards, present participle skateboarding, simple past and past participle skateboarded)

  1. (intransitive) To use a skateboard.
    • “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

skateboard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

skateboard in Hindi

sports/recreation platform on wheels
स्केटबोर्ड skeṭborḍ

skateboard in Tamil

ஸ்கேட்போர்டு, ஸ்கேட்ட்போர்டு, ஸ்கேட் போர்டு

skateboard in Marathi

स्केटबोर्ड

skateboard in Urdu

اسکیٹ بورڈ, سکیٹ بورڈ
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skateboard in Bengali
স্কেটবোর্ড
skateboard in Telugu
స్కేట్బోర్డ్, స్కేట్బోర్డు
skateboard in Malayalam
സ്കേറ്റ്ബോർഡ്
skateboard in Kannada
ಸ್ಕೇಟ್ಬೋರ್ಡ್
skateboard in Punjabi
ਸਕੇਟਬੋਰਡ, ਸਕੇਟਬੌਰਡ
skateboard in Gujarati
સ્કેટબોર્ડ
skateboard in Odia
ସ୍କେଟବୋର୍ଡ, ସ୍କେଟ୍ ବୋର୍ଡ, ସ୍କେଟବୋର୍ଡ଼
skateboard in Nepali
स्केटबोर्ड
skateboard in Arabic
لَوْح اَلتَّزَلُّج lawḥ at-tazalluj, سكيتبورد skītbūrd
skateboard in Malay
papan luncur, papan selaju, papan roda
skateboard in Indonesian
papan luncur
skateboard in Persian
تختهاسکیت taxte-eskeyt, اسکیتبورد eskeyt-bord
skateboard in Thai
สเกตบอร์ด sà-gét-bɔ̀ɔt
skateboard in Vietnamese
ván trượt

Examples of skateboard in a sentence

  • One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.
  • Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.
  • That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?

All 31 example sentences with skateboard

Forms of skateboard

Noun
pluralskateboards
Verb
third-person singular presentskateboards
present participleskateboarding
past participleskateboarded
pastskateboarded

Plural of skateboard: skateboards

Origin of skateboard

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).

Words formed from skateboard

Phrases with skateboard

Questions about skateboard

What does skateboard mean?
Skateboard means 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.
What is skateboard in Hindi?
Skateboard in Hindi is स्केटबोर्ड (skeṭborḍ). See Skateboard meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is skateboard?
Skateboard can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce skateboard?
Skateboard is pronounced /ˈskeɪt.bɔːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of skateboard?
The plural of skateboard is skateboards.

Words near skateboard in the dictionary

  1. skateable
  2. skatearound
  3. skatearounds
  4. skateathon
  5. skateathons
  6. skateboard
  7. skateboard deck
  8. skateboard decks
  9. skateboard rail
  10. skateboard rails
  11. skateboard truck

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: skateboard (page history and authors); skateboard (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skateboard (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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