skateboard
verb
skateboarded; skateboarding; skateboards
: to ride or perform stunts on a skateboard
Examples of skateboard in a Sentence
He skateboards to school every day.
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After breaking his leg in a backstage skateboarding accident in April, Billy Strings returned to the stage Sunday night (May 31) at Les Claypool’s concert in Detroit.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026
The event in Rome marks the beginning of a two-year qualification window that will determine the field for LA28 men’s and women’s park and street skateboarding events.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
More than 600 athletes from over 150 nations are expected to come through Orlando for Olympic qualifying events in sports such as flag football, skateboarding, BMX freestyle, beach volleyball and climbing.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
Youth sports summer camps, mountain bike races and a variety of sports classes and clinics — ranging from skateboarding and scootering to tumbling and ninja parkour — are on the resort’s books for the spring and summer months.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026
The event in Rome marks the beginning of a two-year qualification window that will determine the field for LA28 men’s and women’s park and street skateboarding events.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
More than 600 athletes from over 150 nations are expected to come through Orlando for Olympic qualifying events in sports such as flag football, skateboarding, BMX freestyle, beach volleyball and climbing.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
Youth sports summer camps, mountain bike races and a variety of sports classes and clinics — ranging from skateboarding and scootering to tumbling and ninja parkour — are on the resort’s books for the spring and summer months.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
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“Skateboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skateboard. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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skateboard
1 of 2 noun
skate·board
ˈskāt-ˌbō(ə)rd 
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a short board mounted on small wheels that is used for coasting and for performing athletic stunts
skateboard
2 of 2 verb
: to ride or perform stunts on a skateboard
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