bodyboard

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English

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Etymology

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From body +‎ board.

Noun

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bodyboard (plural bodyboards)

  1. A piece of foam, usually rectangular in shape, upon which one sits or lies when bodyboarding.
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Verb

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bodyboard (third-person singular simple present bodyboards, present participle bodyboarding, simple past and past participle bodyboarded)

  1. To surf riding a bodyboard

Translations

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English bodyboard.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bodiˈboɾ/ [bo.ð̞iˈβ̞oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

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bodyboard m (uncountable)

  1. bodyboarding

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.