roller skate
noun
: a shoe with a set of wheels attached for skating over a flat surface
also
: a metal frame with wheels attached that can be fitted to the sole of a shoe
roller skater
noun
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As the children went to retrieve it, the situation escalated when Lorincz threw a roller skate in the direction of Owens' son, per Dias.
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
What specifically led Owens to Lorincz's door on June 2, 2023, was an incident in which Lorincz had allegedly thrown a pair of roller skates at one of Owens' children amid other threats, per CNN.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
There’s a drunken brawl on roller skates.
—William Earl, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
Kids were often outside on bikes and scooters and roller skates, playing tag or touch football, turning cartwheels on the lawns, being noisy.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
What specifically led Owens to Lorincz's door on June 2, 2023, was an incident in which Lorincz had allegedly thrown a pair of roller skates at one of Owens' children amid other threats, per CNN.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
There’s a drunken brawl on roller skates.
—William Earl, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025
Kids were often outside on bikes and scooters and roller skates, playing tag or touch football, turning cartwheels on the lawns, being noisy.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for roller skate
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“Roller skate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roller%20skate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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