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blading

American  
[blay-ding] / ˈbleɪ dɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act of skating on in-line skates.


blading British  

noun

  1. the act or an instance of skating with in-line skates

"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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Etymology

Origin of blading

1985–90; < (Roller)blad(e) + -ing 1


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Students working toward a regular cosmetic tattoo license, defined as work resembling makeup such as liners, micro blading and scalp micro pigmentation, formerly needed 90 hours of training.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

He then reaches up and removes a toupe, revealing a blading scalp beneath.

From Fox News ● Feb. 2, 2020

When a transmission hose on his tractor broke, he started blading dirt and making firebreaks with a road grader.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018

Beach drive: If you’re up for it, keep on riding or blading along the West Seattle coast on Beach Drive.

From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2018

The strength of the blading, therefore, depends not upon the strength of an individual blade, but upon the combined shearing strength of an entire ring of blades.

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin) Collins

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