kickboard
/ˈkɪk.bɔːd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɪk.bɔːrd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkik-ˌbȯrd/ (ame, mw)
kickboard — noun
- kickboardsingular
- kickboardsplural
1. a flat piece of lightweight foam or plastic that stays afloat in water; a swimme
a flat piece of lightweight foam or plastic that stays afloat in water; a swimmer holds it with both hands to support their upper body while practising leg-kicking movements
Every Saturday, Wei grabs a kickboard from the pool deck before her swimming lesson starts.
collocation: grab a kickboard
Pablo used a purple kickboard to practise kicking across the shallow end of the pool.
The coach handed Diego a red kickboard and asked him to do ten laps with only his legs.
Jing's younger brother can swim all the way across the pool using just a kickboard.
After the swimming class ended, Eva stacked the wet kickboards beside the lifeguard station.
- float
a broader term that can refer to any buoyant training aid, not specifically the hand-held board shape
- swim board
less common alternative name, used mainly in some retail or coaching contexts
- leg float
informal term focusing on the leg-training purpose of the device
用法筆記
Always countable; the plural form kickboards is common when referring to multiple items stored together. This term is not used in figurative or idiomatic expressions.