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-skated
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past participleof roller-skate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof roller-skate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
roller skatenouna form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
Example Sentences
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The actress roller-skated throughout her Broadway debut in “Starlight Express,” sung while suspended upside down in her Tony-winning performance of “Nine” and learned Bob Fosse’s famously particular style of dance for “Damn Yankees.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
The movie, of course, was a mess — but the kind of wildly colorful, overstuffed, yes-to-everything mess that could have roller-skated right into his own work.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Ronnie and I went to movies, we roller-skated, went out dancing and went to concerts and parties together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2022
The Mariner moose roller-skated onto the scene in 1990, and Harry the Husky joined the fray in 1995.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2021
Charlotte and I roller-skated, and although it didn’t take me long to learn, my knees were skinned most of the time.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
