wakeboardn.
/ˈweɪkbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈweɪkˌbɔrd/ A board resembling a surfboard, intended or used for wakeboarding.In quot. 1966, the board is designed to be propelled by the wake of a motor boat rather than towed behind it.
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wakeboard1966
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1966 N.Y. Times 8 May s11/2 Wake boards are longer and narrower than surfboards.
1994 Minnesota Monthly June 48/2 Cal Surf & Sport..Rents and sells in-line skates... Also sells skateboards and wakeboards.
2001 Cottage Post 17 May 9/3 The price of a good wakeboard with bindings is $350 to $500, but you can easily spend over $1,000.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
wakeboardv.
/ˈweɪkbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈweɪkˌbɔrd/ intransitive. To ride on a wakeboard, esp. regularly. Cf. wakeboarding n.
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1994 Re: Questions about Wakeboarding in rec.sport.waterski (Usenet newsgroup) 8 June I weigh 220, and I have wakeboarded behing [sic] a WaveRunner.
1996 Wake Boarding Mag. Aug. 18/1 I have wakeboarded for six years now.
2001 America's Horse May 43/1 Lindy likes to wake-board and waterski in the summer and snowboard in the winter.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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