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snakeboard, n.
Brit. |ˈsneɪkbɔːd|, U.S. |ˈsneɪkˌbɔ(ə)rd|
Forms: also with capital initial.
[‹ snake n. + board n. In sense 2 independently after skateboard n.]
†1. In form snake board. A board used in playing the dice game ‘Snake’ (snake n. 5). Obs. rare.
1688R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 68/1 A snake board vert; there on a snake depicted, with houses, birds and the like fixed on his back all proper... This is a bord whereon is playd the game of Snake.
2. A proprietary name for: a form of skateboard consisting of two footplates joined by a bar, allowing for greater speed and manoeuvrability than a standard skateboard.
1992San Diego Union-Tribune 11 Feb. c4/1 Get ready for the Snakeboard... The Snakeboard looks like a skateboard with the middle cut out. 1995Daily Tel. 26 Aug. (Weekend section) 4 We've had surfboards and snowboards and skateboards. Now it's the turn of snakeboards. 2001Time Out (Nexis) 29 Aug. 62 A team of expert BMX, skateboard and snakeboard riders will demonstrate their skills on a specially built half-pipe.
Derivatives. snakeboarder n. a person who rides on a snakeboard.
1992San Diego Union-Tribune 11 Feb. c4/1 *Snakeboarders were drawing the biggest crowds. 1999Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Dec. 2 A snakeboarder uses the twisting motion of a snowboarder, but forget snow..he can go anywhere a skateboarder can.
snakeboarding n. the practice or sport of riding on a snakeboard.
1992Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.) 15 July e3/1 (headline) This year's newfangled sport: *Snakeboarding. 2002Visitor (Morecambe, Lancs.) (Nexis) 26 Feb. Their parks are suitable for skateboarding, BMX, roller-skating, in-line skating and snakeboarding. |