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paddleboard

[ pad-l-bawrd ]

noun

  1. a board of variable size, similar to a surfboard in shape, used in any of various watersports that involve sitting, kneeling, lying, or standing on the board and propelling it with the hands or a paddle.


verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in any of various watersports that involve riding on a board similar in shape to a surfboard while propelling it with the hands or a paddle, depending on whether one is sitting, kneeling, lying, or standing:

    If you’re heading out to paddleboard for the first time, go to a place you’re familiar with, and go with a friend.

paddleboard

/ ˈæəˌɔː /

noun

  1. a long narrow surfboard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of paddleboard1

First recorded in 1780–90, for an earlier sense; 1930–35, for the current senses; paddle 1 + board
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Example Sentences

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A former paddleboard firm owner has been jailed for 10 years and six months after the deaths of four people on a river in south-west Wales.

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She was sentenced during a two-day hearing at Swansea Crown Court, which heard she was unqualified to lead a paddleboard tour of this kind.

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A high-powered remote meeting in the morning and a quick paddleboard at lunch is the work-life balance dream Anglesey is advocating as it tries to lure back a generation that moved away for work.

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A paddleboard tour company owner has admitted to gross negligence manslaughter after the deaths of four people.

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She squeezed her way to the back of her garage stuffed with boxes, bins and a long paddleboard.

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