skateboard
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skateboard
- /ˈskeɪt.bɔːd/ UK
- /ˈskeɪt.bɔɹd/ US
Where it comes from
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).
noun skateboards
- 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.
- 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 skateboards · skateboarding · skateboarded
- 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.”
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: skate, surfboard, plank, board, self-defence, self-defense, plate, vigilante, kick scooter, skateboard deck, footboard, stick, skating, kickscooter, roller skate, scate
Translations
Every language
noun sports/recreation platform on wheels
| Español | monopatín, patineta, skate |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 스케이트보드 seukeiteubodeu |
| 日本語 | スケートボード sukētobōdo |
| 中文 | 滑板 huábǎn |
| हिन्दी | स्केटबोर्ड skeṭborḍ |
| Português | skate, esqueite |
| Français | planche à roulettes, skateboard, skate |
| Deutsch | Skateboard |
| Italiano | skateboard, tavola a rotelle, tavola da skate, rollopattino |
| Ελληνικά | σκέιτμπορντ skéitmpornt |
| Русский | скейтбо́рд skejtbórd, скейт skejt |
| Tiếng Việt | ván trượt |
| العربية | لَوْح اَلتَّزَلُّج lawḥ at-tazalluj, سكيتبورد skītbūrd |
| עברית | סקייטבורד skeitbord |
verb to use a skateboard
| Português | andar de skate |
|---|---|
| Français | skater, faire du skate |
| Deutsch | skateboarden |
Talk about this word "skateboard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/skateboard. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. skateboard. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/skateboard "skateboard." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/skateboard.Cite this
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title = {skateboard},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skateboard},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
