1. To 'slide' on a skateboard, often in a fashion which damages the surface used to slide.
2. To skate, snowboard, surf or BMX aggressively.
3. A form of longboard surfing which breaks the wave being 'shredded'
Where shall we shred? Tim totally shredded that last run. "SHRED IT!" - vocalised as an encouragement.
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v. snowboarding
I'm gonna go shredding at Snow Creek tommorow. You wanna come?
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The act of being a bodybuilder or Gym Nut. The constant diet that most athletes put themselves on so that they are able to shed their excess fat. Eg "He is shredding it in the gym". This is not something that is done occassionally, this is a lifestyle choice for those who are A1 Personal Trainers!
Frankie is shredding, he definitely cant eat that!
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1. music: to play distorted electric lead guitar in a manner which is at once so extremely cogent and rapid that listener experiences the sensation that the production of the sound should be impossible or nearly impossible.
2. surfing: performing a series of cutbacks requiring seemingly impossible adeptness.
3. going every-which-way at once
Garcia was SHREDING so hard in the middle of Shakedown, i thought my head would explode.
compare: ripping
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The most satisfying thing to do with a guitar. There are non-believers, in this age of nu-school hiphop, rap metal and ska, but there will always be a cult devoted to the art in its truest form.
Dimebag can shred like a motherfucker. Seriously, he can shred like you wouldnt believe. Thats until he died. Rest In Peace Dimebag, you motherfuckin legend.
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to abuse a skatepark in the good way
(skate on it till your board snaps)
dude1 = yo check this park.
dude2 = alrite lets shred
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A guitar playing style or technique that was abandoned in the late 1980's.
The board of directors at MTV decided that learning to "shred", as it were, took too much time, patience, and work to do correctly, and thus was banned in early 1992, in favor of more lucrative cookie cutter style bands, with a higher turnover rate.
MTV Exec 1: "Aw come on. Shred is cool."
MTV Exec 2: "Yes, but look here. In the time it takes to teach one guy how to shred well, we can raise and kill off four three-chord bands, OR seventeen boy-bands!"
MTV Exec 1: "Well holy shit on rye, Steve! Who needs shred anyways?"
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