mini-mal

noun

A type of surfboard which is similar in shape to a mal (i.e. a malibu, or longboard) but shorter, being perhaps 7 to 8 feet where a mal is about 9 feet (surfboards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries).

OriginEnglish mal ← Italian miniatura →
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Meanings

nounmini-mal (plural mini-mals)

plural mini-mals

  1. hobbiesA type of surfboard which is similar in shape to a mal (i.e. a malibu, or longboard) but shorter, being perhaps 7 to 8 feet where a mal is about 9 feet (surfboards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries).

Origin

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Englishmal
  5. Englishmini-mal

From mini- + mal.

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Chicago

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