Ollie

[ol-ee]

noun

1. a male given name, form of Oliver.

2. a female given name, form of Olive.

ollie

/ ˈɒlɪ /

noun

1. (in skateboarding and snowboarding) a jump into the air executed by stamping on the tail of the board

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ollie¹

C20: of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

England head coach Thomas Tuchel is poised to hand striker Ollie Watkins his first international start since November in the friendly against Wales on Thursday night.

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They will silently show you how it’s done with an impossibly balletic ollie, their board magically suctioned to their soles as they slide down the whole length of the thing.

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Ollie Rutland-Sims, a 26-year-old operations coordinator for Pest Free Banks Peninsula, the group doing the elimination, estimates 120,000 possums lived in the 90 square miles in the project’s first phase.

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In Tuchel's squad the most obvious candidate to step up on Thursday is Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins, who regularly replaced Kane from the bench during last summer's Euros, memorably scoring the winner against the Netherlands in the semi-finals.

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Villa took a while to get going against Fulham but it was great movement by Ollie Watkins for his goal, and he needed that.

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