ollie

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See also: Ollie and Ollié

English

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Etymology

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From Ollie. Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand (1963–), via the Floridian skateboarder's nickname.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ollie (plural ollies)

  1. (skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding) An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
    • 2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Böttger, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism, page 124:
      In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie []

Verb

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ollie (third-person singular simple present ollies, present participle ollying or ollieing, simple past and past participle ollied)

  1. (intransitive) To perform an ollie.
    • 1992, Troy Bannon, Mean Street, →ISBN, page 41:
      He used the tilted side as a ramp, grabbed some air, fakied down, and ollied back onto level ground.