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skitch verb. To ride along, usually while on a skateboard or while wearing roller skates or inline skates, with a moving vehicle by holding on to the bumper or other handhold. (A blend of "skate" and "hitch".)

Example Citation:
"Other drivers, however, allowed the skaters to 'skitch' up the most brutal of hills holding on to their bumpers."
—Carey Goldberg, "San Francisco Journal: Night Skaters Claim Streets as Their Own," The New York Times (quoted in the Barnhart Dictionary Companion)

Related Word:
zorbing

Subject Category:
Culture - Sports and Recreation

Posted on November 4, 1997 at 10:00 AM


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