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Rollerblade

American  
[roh-ler-bleyd] / ˈroʊ lərˌbleɪd /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of in-line skates.


verb (used without object)

Rollerbladed, Rollerblading
  1. (often lowercase) to skate on in-line skates.

Rollerblade British  
/ ˈrəʊləˌbleɪd /

noun

  1. a type of roller skate in which the wheels are set in a single straight line under the boot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On Sundays, Lichtenstein would sometimes Rollerblade around the neighborhood with the photographer Bob Adelman.

From New York Times Feb. 23, 2022

Slide into Everett Skate Deck for four-wheeled and Rollerblade skating, Everett Community Ice Rink for ice skating, or hit the lanes at Evergreen Bowling.

From Seattle Times Sep. 29, 2021

Schulz competed and performed as a figure skater before becoming a spokeswoman for Rollerblade in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 2, 2019

She describes how he taught other children in the neighborhood how to Rollerblade and skateboard.

From Washington Times Mar. 21, 2019

This encouraged me, but the theory was blown by such masculine nouns as murder, toothache, and Rollerblade.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

She adored teaching their daughter to ice-skate and would walk alongside her as she Rollerbladed.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

Hired to work at the Red Hook site full time, Mr. Morales put in long hours, and, in an echo of his childhood treks, often Rollerbladed to work.

From New York Times May 13, 2022

“But I did ten miles last weekend. Quinn Rollerbladed part of it to keep me company, and Eliot ran the last two miles with me.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Since quitting, he has been spending more time with friends and Rollerblading.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

I would read while Rollerblading around my neighborhood, read while eating, read in the car, read in the bathtub — my books were stained, swollen, ripped to shreds.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2019

Rollerblading leads to hover boarding which leads to electric unicycling.

From Economist Aug. 11, 2016

"Rollerblading and North Korea—you wouldn't associate those two things."

From National Geographic Feb. 21, 2016

Before us, hundreds of people passed, jogging and biking and Rollerblading.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

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