roller skate

roller skate

noun
a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism

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roll·er-skate

[roh-ler-skeyt]
verb (used without object), roll·er-skat·ed, roll·er-skat·ing.
to glide about by means of roller skates.
Also, roll·er·skate.


Origin:
1870–75; v. use of roller skate

roller skater, noun
roll·er·skat·er, noun
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roller skate
 
n
1.  a boot or shoe with four small wheels attached that enable the wearer to glide swiftly over a floor or other surface
2.  a device having clamps or straps for attaching such wheels to a boot or shoe
 
vb
3.  (intr) to move on roller skates
 
roller skater
 
n

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