Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A skateboarding maneuver in which the rider lifts the board into the air by pressing down on it with the rear foot, raising the front foot, and then raising the rear foot.
- noun A similar maneuver in snowboarding in which the rider lifts the front foot and then the rear foot to spring into the air without going off a ramp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun snowboarding, skateboarding a manoeuvre wherein one
catches air by lifting the front and tail ends off the ground at the same time; ahop . - verb intransitive To perform an ollie.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Perhaps no-one is more excited about the skateboard park than Mirwais, a 16-year-old boy who can "ollie" - completing an aerial trick that is the foundation for more advanced moves.
unknown title 2009
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Perhaps no-one is more excited about the skateboard park than Mirwais, a 16-year-old boy who can "ollie" - completing an aerial trick that is the foundation for more advanced moves.
unknown title 2009
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Perhaps no-one is more excited about the skateboard park than Mirwais, a 16-year-old boy who can "ollie" - completing an aerial trick that is the foundation for more advanced moves.
unknown title 2009
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This reporter is at a local skate park and decides she wants to show off for the cameras by demonstrating how to perform an "ollie," a maneuver where you jump up and land back on the skateboard safely.
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zany life + crazy faith: from the good "ollie" days ****
from the good "ollie" days **** Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007
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Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: bruce springsteen may be the greatest traitor this nation has ever known. ollie north
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+ [Navpilot Reader] + '' ollie, ollie, oxen free ''
united states of america constitutional signaturee gate admin 2009
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+ [Navpilot Reader] + '' ollie, ollie, oxen free ''
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Kids spent a few hours in a safe environment, off the streets, learning to nail an ollie, or take on the halfpipe.
Shannon Galpin: Progress in Afghanistan? The Youth Movement in Kabul Shannon Galpin 2010
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Next, there was Iran-Contra when St. Ronnie let ollie north run the government and make illegal deals with the Iranians (who had just recently releases 44 American is had held hostage for over a year, even keeping them longer at Reagan's request so he'd look good when they got released during his inauguration) and used the money to supply arms to the Contras, who wanted to overthrow the legitimately elected gov of Nicaraugua.
Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive' 2010
lampbane commented on the word ollie
A skateboarding trick where the skateboarder kicks the tail of the board while jumping such that the board pops into the air.
September 17, 2008
knleeds commented on the word ollie
Here's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=339k4XEvbxY a 1000 fps video on YouTube of a couple people doing an OLLIE.
November 7, 2015