hoverboard

English

WOTD – 21 October 2015

An artist's impression of the hoverboard from the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II

A hoverboard scooter

Alternative forms

hover board

Etymology

hover +‎ board, patterned off of skateboard. First mentioned in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: ʹhŏvərbôrd, IPA^(key): /ˈhɒvəbɔɹd/
(US) enPR: ʹhŭvər'bôrd, IPA^(key): /ˈhʌvɚbɔɹd/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

hoverboard (plural hoverboards)

(chiefly science fiction) A levitating board that can be ridden in the manner of a surfboard or skateboard.
A small self-balancing two-wheeled motorised vehicle, related to a scooter.

Translations

levitating board

Esperanto: ŝvebilo
Finnish: leijulauta (fi)
Italian: hoverboard m, volopattino m

Japanese: ホバーボード (hobābōdo)
Korean: 호버보드 (hobeobodeu), 호버 보드 (hobeo bodeu)
Swedish: hoverboard c, svävarbräda c

Verb

hoverboard (third-person singular simple present hoverboards, present participle hoverboarding, simple past and past participle hoverboarded)

(chiefly science fiction) To travel by hoverboard.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:hoverboard.

Translations

to travel by hoverboard

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