Rollerblade
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈroʊlərˌbleɪd/
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patín en línea
- Dade emerges from the ground-floor apartment on rollerblades and skates down the street to school.
- skateboards and rollerblades
- bikes and rollerblades
- rollerblades hockey
Examples
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At the rental shop, you can find rollerblades available for a fun day of skating at the beach.
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The bus turns the corner and opens its doors to two boys wearing rollerblades.
Fiction book (1996) -
The new skates look kind of like rollerblades.
Fiction book (1999) -
Get fit the retro way by strapping on a pair of rollerblades.
Blog text (23) -
A pair of young girls rollerblade down the sidewalk, the wheels buzzing with the sound of enormous hummingbirds.
Fiction book (2000) -
Carson, in his rollerblades, clung to Jeffrey's neck at the top of the driveway, absently stroking the sideburns.
Fiction book (1992) -
On sunny days, I love to strap on my rollerblades and skate along the waterfront.
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After school, the kids often gather at the park to play games and practice on their rollerblades.
Synonyms
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3.2
A boot with a single line of small wheels used for skating on smooth surfaces
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rollerblade comes from a brand name that joined roller ('to roll') and blade ('thin edge') because the wheels in a single line look like one long blade, so people use the name for any in-line skate.