skateboard
noun
- wheeled board used for skateboarding
verb
- to ride or perform stunts on a skateboard
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: 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).
- 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.””
- 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
Etymology: 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).
- 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.””
“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.”