ollie

Definitions

1. An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
2. A unisex given name.
3. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].
4. A female given name.
5. A diminutive of the female given names Olivia or Olive, from Latin [in turn from Etruscan, in turn from Greek].
6. A diminutive of the female given name Olwen, from Welsh.
7. A male orphan.
   derogatory

Equivalents

Examples

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

“To my surprise⟳ and pleasure, it was Olwen that Esme chose to use⟳ when speaking of, and to, the baby - though she showed an unhappy tendency to shorten it to Ollie, in spite of my protests that this brought to mind⟳ not a stately princess, but the fat man in the Laurel and Hardy comedy series.”

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