kickboard
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- noun
- /ˈkɪkˌbɔrd/
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- She floated comfortably on her kickboard, practicing her kicks during the lesson.
- kickboards for swimming
- use the kickboard
Examples
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Many swimmers use a kickboard to improve their kicking technique in the pool.
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A few leaves floating on the surface, a kickboard bobbing in the deep end.
Fiction book (1990) -
Wearing fins and with a kickboard, do freestyle kick like any of these:
Blog text (13) -
Like we had kickboards for swimming, but we didn't have any water or pool that we were going to make our game in.
Academic text (2014) -
Instead, Luye developed her own therapy routine in the water, using hand paddles, water weights, kickboards, and exercise bands.
Fiction book (2000) -
The instructor handed each student a kickboard to help them practice their strokes.
Synonyms
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A flat rectangular surface used to play games with pieces
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Etymology
Kickboard is made from the simple parts kick and board, where kick means 'to push with your foot' and board means 'a flat piece of wood or plastic'. A helpful image is holding this flat board while you use your legs to kick in the water, so a kickboard is a board used to practice kicking in the pool.