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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Not every queen can do cartwheels, splits and comedy in a single routine — and even fewer of them can do it while on roller skates.
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Jan. 2025
Lexi gives the best talent-show performance of the season on roller skates.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
San Franciscans had fun with it, marking historic firsts: The San Francisco Chronicle recorded the first person to walk across the bridge on stilts, pushing a stroller, on roller skates, on a unicycle and while playing a tuba.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
Wrist hyperextension: Using the palms of your hands to reduce impact after falling backwards on roller skates or slipping on the ice can bend the wrist back forcefully, causing the wrist joint to hyperextend beyond its innocuous range of motion.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 10 Jan. 2025
Lexi gives the best talent-show performance of the season on roller skates.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
San Franciscans had fun with it, marking historic firsts: The San Francisco Chronicle recorded the first person to walk across the bridge on stilts, pushing a stroller, on roller skates, on a unicycle and while playing a tuba.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2025
Wrist hyperextension: Using the palms of your hands to reduce impact after falling backwards on roller skates or slipping on the ice can bend the wrist back forcefully, causing the wrist joint to hyperextend beyond its innocuous range of motion.
—Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Roller skate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roller%20skate. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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