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in-line skate

[ in-lahyn ]

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noun

a roller skate with typically four hard-rubber wheels in a straight line resembling the blade of an ice skate.

in-line skate

noun

another name for Rollerblade

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Other Word Forms

in-line skater noun
in-line skating noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of in-line skate¹

First recorded in 1985–90

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Example Sentences

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But by then, two brothers from Minneapolis, Scott and Brennan Olson, had come up with a new design for an in-line skate that gave users more control and flexibility.

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Wheeled speed skates, which have one more wheel than a regular in-line skate, can be purchased online.

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A coach and member of the Muskego Water Bugs water ski team, she also had competed in a half-dozen in-line skate marathons.

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in-line in loc. cit.

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