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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

roll⋅er-skate

[roh-ler-skeyt]
–verb (used without object), -skat⋅ed, -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.  A shoe or boot with two or four wheels or casters attached to its sole for skating on hard surfaces.
roll'er-skate' (rō'lər-skāt') v., roller skater n.
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