Kickflipped

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. A maneuver involving a skateboard where the rider performs a flip of the board while pushing off the ground with their foot
2. A dynamic trick executed on a skateboard that combines a kick with aerial rotation of the board
3. An action in which the skateboard rotates upside down under the rider’s feet after a forceful push during a jump

Etymology: "Kickflip" is a compound of "kick" and "flip," and the sense it names dates from skateboarding's freestyle era in the 1980s. The trick was popularised by skaters in the United States, and its name simply describes what happens: the rider kicks the board's edge so that it spins over, end over end, beneath the feet while the skater jumps and lands on it again. The past tense "kickflipped" is formed by adding the regular ending "-ed" to the verb "kickflip," so it means the trick was performed. Verbs formed this way from skateboarding terms follow the same pattern as older sports verbs like "dropkick" or "backflip," which show how English tends to turn a named move into a verb once it becomes common.

Synonyms: performed kickflip, executed kickflip, done kickflip