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Skateboard
noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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.
"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.”"
- 2 a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot wordnet
- 3 A vehicle chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (ie. batteries), forming the vehicular base.
Verb
- 1 To use a skateboard. intransitive
"“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.”"
- 2 ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From skate + board.
Etymology 2
From skate + board.
See also for "skateboard"
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