- roller skate
- ☆ roller skaten.SKATE1 (sense 2)roller-skatevi.roller-skated, roller-skatingroller skatern.
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Roller skate — Roller Roll er, n. 1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts. [1913 Webster] 2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
roller-skate — roller skates, roller skating, roller skated also roller skate 1) N COUNT: usu pl Roller skates are shoes with four small wheels on the bottom. A boy of about ten came up on roller skates. 2) VERB If you roller skate, you move over a flat surface … English dictionary
Roller skate — Roll er skate 1. a shoe with a set of wheels attached so that the wearer can glide over a flat surface. To move on such a device is reverred to as to skate or to rollerskate. To rollerskate is a form of recreation or sport. [PJC] 2. a metal frame … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Roller skate — Skate Skate (sk[=a]t), n. [D. schaats. Cf. {Scatches}.] A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice. [1913 Webster] Batavia rushes forth; and as they… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
roller skate — n a special boot with four wheels fixed under it, used for ↑skating on hard surfaces >roller skate v >roller skating[i] n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
roller skate — roller ,skate noun count a boot with four small wheels on the bottom used for moving quickly along, especially for fun or as a sport ╾ roller ,skate verb intransitive ╾ roller ,skating noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
roller-skate — roller skater. rollerskater, n. /roh leuhr skayt /, v.i., roller skated, roller skating. to glide about by means of roller skates. Also, rollerskate. [1870 75; v. use of ROLLER SKATE] * * * … Universalium
roller skate — ► NOUN ▪ each of a pair of boots or metal frames fitted to shoes, having four or more small wheels and used for gliding across a hard surface. DERIVATIVES roller skater noun roller skating noun … English terms dictionary
roller skate — I noun a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑skate • Part Meronyms: ↑roller II verb travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles … Useful english dictionary
roller skate — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms roller skate : singular roller skate plural roller skates a boot with four small wheels on the bottom used for moving quickly along, especially for fun or as a sport Derived words: roller skate UK / US verb… … English dictionary
