in-line skate

[in-lahyn]

noun

1. a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.

in-line skate

noun

1. another name for Rollerblade

Other Word Forms

• in-line skater noun
• in-line skating noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of in-line skate¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

But by then, two brothers from Minneapolis, Scott and Brennan Olson, had come up with a new design for an in-line skate that gave users more control and flexibility.

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Wheeled speed skates, which have one more wheel than a regular in-line skate, can be purchased online.

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A coach and member of the Muskego Water Bugs water ski team, she also had competed in a half-dozen in-line skate marathons.

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