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

The Northampton pair are picked ahead of in-form Henry Slade of Exeter Chiefs and Ollie Lawrence, who returned at the start of the season from a ruptured Achilles.

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Pepper, 22, is strong over the ball and at 6ft 3in can offer another line-out option alongside captain Maro Itoje and Ollie Chessum.

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It left Bethell helpless as he tried to apply more pressure to Ollie Pope's position as Test number three.

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Coupled with that, former West Ham and England goalkeeper Rob Green questioned the wisdom of Nuno's tactical approach in recent games, with the decision to start Ollie Scarles and Aaron Wan-Bissaka on the opposite sides to their favoured full-back positions, clearly backfiring.

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It was Villa's sixth missed penalty in the last 12 months and their second in Europe this season after Ollie Watkins missed against Bologna last month.

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