roller skaten.
/ˈrəʊlə ˌskeɪt/, U.S. /ˈroʊlər ˌskeɪt/ 1. Originally U.S. Each of a pair of boots or shoes, or metal frames that can be fitted to shoes, having a set of small wheels, esp. arranged in pairs, for skating across a flat hard surface. Cf. in-line skate n. at in-line n. and adj. Additions.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > roller-skating > [noun] > roller-skate
velocipede1825
roller skate1860
wheel-skate1870
skate1876
Rollerblade1985
1860 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 30 June (advt.) I have just received from the manufacturer an assortment of Patent Flexible Roller Skates, the first that has been offered for sale in the District.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 105/2 The fatigue caused by these ‘roller skates’ is quadruple that of ordinary ice skating.
1923 Today's Housewife Aug. 18/1 (advt.) You can go like lightning with these cracker-jack roller skates.
1979 A.-V. Phillips Compl. Bk. Roller Skating xii. 248/2 Ticia, as far as anyone knows, is the first woman to do a backside aerial while on roller skates.
2004 Independent 12 Feb. (Review section) 4/1 I-Pods carry all the cachet of the earliest Sony Walkmans in the days when they were accessorised by roller skates and Duran Duran.
2. slang. A vehicle considered to resemble a roller skate; spec. (a) a tank; (b) a small car.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > armed or armoured > tank
land-ship1837
tank1916
roller skate1941
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > small or light
voiturette1897
light car1901
baby1920
minicar1948
poodler1951
micromotor1953
compact1960
subcompact1960
roller skate1961
super-compact1962
micro-car1980
1941 Reader's Digest Feb. 92 The boys of Britain's R.A.F. have developed a language all their own...‘roller skates’ are tanks.
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1127/2 Roller skate, a small, light waggon.
1976 J. K. Lieberman & N. S. Rhodes Compl. CB Handbk. vi. 135 Rollerskate, a small or foreign car.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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