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roller-skate

roll·er-skate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [roh-ler skeyt]
    • /ˈroʊ lər skeɪt/
    • /ˈrəʊ.lər skeɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [roh-ler skeyt]
    • /ˈroʊ lər skeɪt/

Definitions of roller-skate word

  • verb without object roller-skate to glide about by means of roller skates. 1
  • noun roller-skate a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction. 1
  • countable noun roller-skate Roller-skates are shoes with four small wheels on the bottom. 0
  • verb roller-skate If you roller-skate, you move over a flat surface wearing roller-skates. 0
  • noun roller-skate a boot or shoe with four small wheels attached that enable the wearer to glide swiftly over a floor or other surface 0
  • noun roller-skate a device having clamps or straps for attaching such wheels to a boot or shoe 0

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Origin of roller-skate

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; v. use of roller skate

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Parts of speech for Roller-skate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

roller-skate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 63% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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