ollie

See also: Ollie and Ollié

English

Etymology

From Ollie. Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand (1963–), via the Floridian skateboarder's nickname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒli/

Noun

ollie (plural ollies)

1. (skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding) An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
   • 2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Böttger, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism, page 124:

     In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie […]

Verb

ollie (third-person singular simple present ollies, present participle ollying or ollieing, simple past and past participle ollied)

1. (intransitive) To perform an ollie.
   • 1992, Troy Bannon, Mean Street, →ISBN, page 41:

     He used the tilted side as a ramp, grabbed some air, fakied down, and ollied back onto level ground.