Kickflipping

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of performing a skateboard maneuver involving a combination of a kick and a flip of the board in mid-air
2. executing a trick where the rider kicks the board to make it rotate while airborne
3. a skateboarding technique that showcases the rider's balance and control through a stylish and difficult aerial flip

Etymology: Kickflipping is a compound of "kick" and "flip," two ordinary English words that describe exactly what the rider does: the foot strikes the tail of the board, which spins it over in the air. The trick is named by joining those two actions, so the name reads almost like a set of instructions. The "-ing" ending is simply the form that turns the trick name into a verb, so a skater can be described as kickflipping across a plaza or kickflipping down a set of stairs. "Kickflip" itself is the base word, and the participle inherits its meaning directly from the two parts it combines.

Synonyms: flipping, spinning, jumping, tricking, stunting