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wakeboard

wakeboard

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A board like a small surfboard that you stand on while a boat pulls you across water
  • noun
  • /ˈweɪkˌbɔrd/
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  • Lanier already has a wakeboard venue at Aqualand Marina.
  • wakeboard boat
  • wakeboard storage

But Chris Howe, I thought of you, man, if you were out here, you would shred these Arctic waters on a wakeboard and I would film it.

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Examples

  • You just sponsored some guy's wakeboard.

  • It would be an outstanding wakeboard/waterski venue.

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  • We'll bring the wakeboards and totally dominate.

  • Roger the wakeboard, check harness..

  • Is is a wakeboard?

  • It's a great way to release all of the frustration that has been built up from a summer full of jet skis, wakeboard boats, and slow fishing.

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  • But Chris Howe, I thought of you, man, if you were out here, you would shred these Arctic waters on a wakeboard and I would film it.

  • OK, so you're you're talking pontoons and and smaller recreational, yes, deck boats and wakeboards and, you know, ski boats.

  • During the summer, they love to wakeboard on the lake while being pulled by a boat.

  • He learned to wakeboard last weekend and quickly picked up tricks like jumping off the waves.

Surface Forms

wakeboard singular
wakeboards plural

Morphology

wakeboard = wake + board (transparent) = wake + board

A direct compound of 'wake' (the waves behind a boat) + 'board' meaning a board used on the wake; the meaning is compositionally predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Wakeboard comes from wake, meaning 'the waves behind a moving boat', and board, the same word in surfboard and snowboard, meaning 'a flat thing you stand on'. That's why a wakeboard is a board you ride on the boat's wake while the boat pulls you.