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# skateboarder

noun (a skateboarder, skateboarders)

«skateboarder» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A person who rides a skateboard, a short board on four small wheels, often doing tricks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life skateboarders use skate parks, ramps and pavements; safety lessons say to wear a helmet and pads and not ride on busy roads. Skateboarding has been an Olympic sport since 2021, and some Olympic skateboarders were children. Tricks have names like «ollie» and «kickflip».

### Examples

- The skateboarder jumped over the low wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/#x1)
- Skateboarders practise in the park after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/#x2)
- Wear a helmet if you want to be a skateboarder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/#x3)
- The youngest skateboarder at the Olympics was only 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/#x4)
- A skateboarder zoomed past us down the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/#x5)
- The skateboarder fell, got up and tried the trick again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/#x6)

### Note

Countable; one word. Also «skater» or (slang) «sk8er». Sport is «skateboarding».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «skateboarder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboarder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«skateboarder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/skateboarder.html) on Mova free.