roller skate

/ˌroʊlər ˈskeɪt/
/ˈrʌʊlə skeɪt/
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Other forms: roller skates; roller skating; roller skated

Definitions of roller skate
  1. noun
    a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole
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    type of:
    skate
    sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
  2. verb
    travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles
    “In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around”
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    type of:
    skate
    move along on skates
Pronunciation
US
/ˌroʊlər ˈskeɪt/
UK
/ˈrʌʊlə skeɪt/
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