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rollerblading

rollerblading

10 3.0
Skating on inline skates for fun or exercise
  • noun
  • /ˈroʊlərˌbleɪdɪŋ/
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  • Jill imagined that her high school years had been one long party, going to dance clubs, windsurfing, and rollerblading with the children of movie stars.
  • participate in rollerblading

Examples

  • For me, activities, sports, biking, jogging, rollerblading, and hiking are more of an intimate bonding experience.

    Blog text (28)
  • I need to look at birds, trees, people doing things like throwing frisbees, rollerblading, that kind of thing.

  • That means he saw us rollerblading in the house.

  • No rollerblading in the house.

  • Rachel has been really busy practicing her rollerblading.

    Blog text (31)
  • The defendant property owner argued that Mrs. Custodi had assumed all risks of rollerblading on public ways, and therefore they owed her no duty.

    Blog text (22)
  • Rollerblading in Santa Monica.

  • When questioned in my youth, I would have told you my interests and hobbies included reading, rollerblading, singing, writing, and downhill skiing.

    Blog text (7)
  • Running down the street towards Miami Arena, the three angels pass three other women rollerblading by: Jill Monroe, Sabrina Duncan, and Kelly Garrett.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • On sunny weekends, I enjoy rollerblading along the beach with my friends.

Synonyms

skating
vsrollerblading
228 1.1

Moving on skates over ice or a smooth surface for sport and fun

refers specifically to inline skates rather than any skate type
roller skating
vsrollerblading
3 1.6

An activity of moving on shoes with small wheels

focuses on inline skates rather than shoes with small wheels
blading
vsrollerblading
  • UK
1 3.5

Skating on shoes with wheels for exercise or fun

emphasizes a specific brand of inline skates

How Fast

rollerblading
10 3.0
skating
228 1.1

Surface Forms

rollerblading singular

Morphology

rollerblading = rollerblade (transparent) = rollerblade + ing

Formed as the gerund/nominalization of the verb 'rollerblade' + -ing; the activity is directly named from the verb.

Etymology

Rollerblading comes from the brand Rollerblade, a company that made inline skates, and the name combines roller (something that 'rolls') and blade (a thin skate-like part). So think 'rolling on blades' to remember it means skating using inline skates.