different between surfboard vs hoverboard

English

Etymology

From surf +? board.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??f?b??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?f?b??d/

Noun

surfboard (plural surfboards)

1. A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

Related terms

• funboard
• longboard
• shortboard
• soft surfboard
• surf
• surfer
• surfing
• wakeboard

Translations

See also

• fish
• foamie
• gun

Verb

surfboard (third-person singular simple present surfboards, present participle surfboarding, simple past and past participle surfboarded)

1. To use a surfboard; to surf.

Usage notes

• Not preferred by surfers, who would say "surf".
• Might be used to distinguish from body-surfing, riding waves without equipment.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• surfbord

Etymology

Borrowed from English surfboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?rf.b?rt/, /?s?rf.bo?rt/
• Hyphenation: surf?board

Noun

surfboard n (plural surfboards)

1. surfboard

English

Alternative forms

• hover board

Etymology

hover +? board, patterned off of skateboard. First mentioned in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ?h?v?rbôrd, IPA^(key): /?h?v?b??d/
• (US) enPR: ?h?v?r'bôrd, IPA^(key): /?h?v?b??d/

Noun

hoverboard (plural hoverboards)

1. (chiefly science fiction) A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard.
2. A small self-balancing two-wheeled motorised vehicle, related to a scooter.

Translations

Verb

hoverboard (third-person singular simple present hoverboards, present participle hoverboarding, simple past and past participle hoverboarded)

1. (chiefly science fiction) To travel by hoverboard.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:hoverboard.

Translations