noun
ollie
O-lee
noun
1
A skateboarding trick where the rider and board leap into the air together without using the hands.
"He landed a clean ollie off the curb."
verb
1
To perform this trick.
"She ollied over the gap between the ramps."
How to Use Ollie
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe basic jumping trick every skateboarder learns first, named after the skater who invented it.
Common pairings
land an ollie
ollie off a curb
ollie over a gap
Word Forms
ollied past tense, ollies plural, ollies singular
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Etymology
Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand, whose nickname "Ollie" became attached to the move he popularised in the late 1970s.