boogie board

noun

: bodyboard
What is a boogie board? It is a poor man's surfboard, used for body surfing.Murray Chass

Examples of boogie board in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web People began tossing T-shirts, towels, boogie board strings in her general direction. Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024 On May 22, witnesses saw a man in the water who appeared to be having difficulty on a boogie board and then went facedown in the water, the report said. Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024 Another attack was fatal – in June 2005, a 14-year-old girl from Louisiana was on a boogie board 250 yards from shore when she was pulled under by the shark and bitten in the legs. Raja Razek, CNN, 8 June 2024 That’s when the medic realized and reported that her CD player, boogie board and medic training books — valued at around $3,000 — had been urinated on, according to a probable cause statement. Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for boogie board 

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Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of boogie board was in 1976

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“Boogie board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boogie%20board. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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