Meaning & use
Ollie
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A skateboarding or snowboarding maneuver in which the rider and board leap into the air without the rider's hands touching the board.
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He landed a clean ollie off the curb.
Learning to ollie is usually the first trick a new skater masters.
A note on using this word
Named after skateboarder Alan 'Ollie' Gelfand, who popularized the trick in the late 1970s.
Another way to use it
2. verb
To perform this jumping maneuver on a skateboard or snowboard.
She practiced ollying over the small ramp for hours.
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