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bodyboard

noun

Etymology

From body + board.

  1. derived from *bʰers-✻ — “tip, top”
  2. inherited from *burdą✻ — “board, plank; edge; table”
  3. inherited from *bord✻
  4. inherited from bord
  5. inherited from boord
  6. compounded as bodyboard — “body + board”

Definitions

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

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

  2. To surf riding a bodyboard

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA