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ollie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɒli/

Etymology

From Ollie. Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand (1963–), via the Floridian skateboarder's nickname.

Meanings

  1. An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
    • In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie […] 2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Böttger, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism, page 124:

Forms

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ollies Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

nollie

ollie en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɒli/

Etymology

From Ollie. Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand (1963–), via the Floridian skateboarder's nickname.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To perform an ollie.
    • He used the tilted side as a ramp, grabbed some air, fakied down, and ollied back onto level ground. 1992, Troy Bannon, Mean Street, →ISBN, page 41:

Forms

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ollies Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ollieing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ollied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ollied Tense=Past lexicographic