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roller skates

  • plural
    of roller skate.
    roller skate
    noun
    a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
roller-skates
  • present tense form
    of roller-skate (3rd person singular).
    roller skate
    noun
    a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.

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You have exactly what you need and don’t need roller skates to get around it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

In addition to those quirky flavor names like Smokey Dokey and Here Comes Truffle, it was selling holographic roller skates and being pen pals with fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Goddesses on roller skates glide in buttery figure eights across the glass-fiber-reinforced concrete.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

Some of her favourite moments include Beaker losing his eyeballs in a science experiment and Gonzo wearing flaming roller skates - to give a flavour of the chaos.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

They were about to give up when another friend rattled down the block on roller skates.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene

The highly anticipated film roller-skates into theaters July 21.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

Mr. Rockman travels on roller-skates — an exhilarating if terrifying experience when plunging down the mountains outside Jerusalem toward the coastal plain outside Tel Aviv.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

Todd Phillips trains the camera on the movie screen as the Little Tramp roller-skates closer and closer to a steep drop.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2020

The wheels were basic - taken from roller-skates and attached to the board - but Wang quickly became an enthusiast.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2016

He was a very good skater and all, but I couldn't enjoy it much because I kept picturing him practicing to be a guy that roller-skates on the stage.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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