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snowboarding

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snurfing

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of snowboard

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the act of sliding down a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: slide, glide, coast

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սնոուբորդինգ (snoubording) — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Bengali: স্নোবোর্ডিং (snōbōrḍiṅ) — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Catalan: surf de neu — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單板滑雪 /单板滑雪 (dānbǎn huáxuě) — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Czech: snowboarding — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Esperanto: neĝtabulado — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Finnish: lumilautailu — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • West-Frisian: snowboarden — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Georgian: სნოუბორდინგი (snoubordingi) — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • German: Snowboarden — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Hindi: स्नोबोर्डिंग (snoborḍiṅg) — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Irish: clársciáil — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Kazakh: сноубординг (snoubordiñ) — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Malay: luncur papan salji — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Mongolian: цасны тавцан (casny tavcan) — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Persian: اسنوبردسواری — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Polish: snowboard — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Polish: snowboarding — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Scottish Gaelic: bòrdadh-sneachda — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Spanish: snowboard — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Swedish: snowboard — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Vietnamese: trượt ván trên tuyết — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
  • Welsh: eirafyrddio — the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard
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