roller skate

noun, verb — 2 senses

roller skate

noun
1

A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating.

Synonyms
roller boot
Related terms
in-line skate, quad skate, rollerblade, roller shoe

roller skate

verb
1

To skate using roller skates.

  • I rode my bicycle past your window last night / I roller skated to your door at daylight / It almost seems like you're avoiding me / I'm okay alone, but you got somethin' I need1971, Melanie, “Brand New Key”:
  • A fragrance drifts by, and a memory is evoked. My feet have not forgotten how to roller-skate, and my hands remember skills that I was hardly aware I had learned.1982 March 18, Eric J. Cassel[l], “The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 306, number 11, →DOI, page 642:

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