Ollie Definition

ŏlē
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.
American Heritage
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.
American Heritage
pronoun

A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.

Wiktionary

A diminutive of the female given names Olivia, Olive and Olwen.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ollie

Noun

Singular:
ollie
Plural:
ollies

Origin of Ollie

  • From Ollie nickname of Alan Gelfand (born 1963), American skateboarder who developed the trick

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Germanic, from Latin olivarius 'olive tree' (from oliva 'olive'), and from Welsh.

    From Wiktionary

Ollie Sentence Examples

  • Ollie Bridges, another panto veteran, played her son James the Jessie - every inch the country yokel.

  • After a traumatic event this all changed and Ollie was left jobless, homeless and holding the baby.

  • I noticed he was wearing Ollie around his neck as he devoured his sardine sandwiches.

  • Senior Instructors Ollie demonstrating frontal reverse kick in Savate kickboxing with apprentice instructor Tim Campbell.

  • That is, if Ollie saw the goddam broadcast, and was n't second-guessing from old reports...

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Words Starting With

OOLOLL

Words Ending With

EIELIE

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Words Starting With O and Ending With E

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With O5 Letter Words Ending With E