kickboard

kickboard
noun Date: 1949 a buoyant rectangular board held by a swimmer while developing kicking techniques

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  • Kickboard — Kickboards Ein Kickboard ist eine Kombination aus Skateboard und Scooter (Tretroller). Im Handel werden auch Schwimmbretter als Kickboard bezeichnet. Anders als Scooter, die sich durch zwei Rollen und einen Lenker auszeichnen, haben Kickboards… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • kickboard — noun a) A small, buoyant board used to support a swimmers upper body and arms while allowing free kicking movements. The introductory swimming instructor carried a pile of kickboards to the pool for the children. b) On pianos and organs, a… …   Wiktionary

  • kickboard — /kik bawrd , bohrd /, n. Swimming. a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements. [KICK + BOARD] * * * …   Universalium

  • Kickboard — Kịck|board 〈[ bɔ:(r)d] n. 15〉 zusammenklappbarer, sportlicher Tretroller aus Edelstahl [<engl. kick „treten“ + board „Brett“] * * * Kịck|board […bɔ:d], das; s, s [zu engl. to kick = treten u. board = Brett]: Kombination aus Skateboard u.… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Kickboard — Kịck|board 〈 [ bɔ:(r)d] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 zusammenklappbarer, sportlicher Tretroller aus Edelstahl [Etym.: <engl. kick »treten« + board »Brett«] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • kickboard — kick•board [[t]ˈkɪkˌbɔrd, ˌboʊrd[/t]] n. spo a buoyant board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements • Etymology: 1945–50 …   From formal English to slang

  • kickboard — /ˈkɪkbɔd/ (say kikbawd) noun 1. the board running along the lowest part of a piece of furniture next to the floor. 2. a small board of buoyant material held in the outstretched hands to keep a swimmer afloat while practising kicking …  

  • Kickboard — Kịck|board [...bo:ɐ̯t], das; s, s <englisch> (eine Art Tretroller) …   Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • kickboard — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : one of two high boards on either side of the pit end of a bowling alley that separate adjacent alleys and keep flying pins in the right alley 2. : a buoyant rectangular board grasped with the hands by a swimmer while… …   Useful english dictionary

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