skateboard

skateboard
/skayt"bawrd', -bohrd'/, n.
1. a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
v.i.
2. to ride a skateboard.
[1960-65; SKATE1 + BOARD]

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