Meaning & use
airwalk
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Meanings
nouncountablesport
A skateboarding or snowboarding trick in which the rider moves the board or body as if walking while in the air.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'an airwalk' or 'airwalks'.
Patterns
- do an airwalk
- land an airwalk
He landed a perfect airwalk after launching off the ramp.
The crowd cheered when she pulled off an airwalk on the halfpipe.
verbintransitivesport
To perform an airwalk on a skateboard or snowboard.
Grammar: No object: you simply airwalk; you do not airwalk something.
Patterns
- airwalk over something
He airwalked over the gap and landed cleanly.
She airwalked across the snow park to impress the judges.
Word forms
| third person singular | airwalks |
|---|---|
| past tense | airwalked |
| past participle | airwalked |
| -ing form | airwalking |
| plural | airwalks |
Common combinations
- pull off an airwalk
- He managed to pull off an airwalk on his first try.
- land an airwalk
- She struggled to land the airwalk smoothly.
- airwalk trick
- The airwalk trick requires good balance.
Commonly confused: airwalk or air walk?
airwalk vs air walk
Written as two words, it usually means simply walking in the air, as in a dream or a cartoon, not the skateboarding trick.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'airwalk' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Airwalk' is an intransitive verb or a countable noun meaning a skateboarding/snowboarding trick, so 'did an airwalk on the halfpipe' fits. 'Airwalked the box' is wrong because the verb takes no object; 'airwalked to the store' and 'the bird airwalked' are not real uses.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “airwalk”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.