The word ollie has been added to the dictionary.
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The word ollie has been added to the dictionary.
| Entry printed from Oxford English Dictionary Ollie's Now in the Dictionary |
| ollie, n. Brit. /li/, U.S. /li/ Also with capital initial. [< the name of Alan ‘Ollie’ Gelfand (b. 1963), U.S. skateboarder, who invented the jump in 1976.] In skateboarding: a jump executed by pressing the foot down on the tail of the board to rebound the deck off the ground. Also: a similar jump in snowboarding. Sometimes in conjunction with the names of other moves, as in quot. 1979. 1979 SkateBoarder Mag. Jan. 81/1 His [i.e. Gelfand's] developments, the ollie pop and the subsequent no-handed ollie aerial, rank as two of the hottest moves on the vanguard scene. 1988 Skateboard July 60/3 An Ollie increases one hundred fold the terrain that one can get onto in the first place, as well as getting you off again. 1991 Skateboard Mar. 3 Rudy Johnson here doesn't just roll up them, he pops a frontside ollie, one footed, off the bank. Too hot. 1995 Arena Dec. 190/2 Approach the avalanche barrier at moderate speed, compressing then springing up as you reach the topthat's called an ollie. 2001 Guardian 17 Jan. II. 9/3 On the drive home, we discussed ollies, nollies, five-os, shove-its and why a big toy might be considered to be art. ollie, v intr. In skateboarding, snowboarding, etc.: to perform an ollie. 1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 11 Dec. Hernando Times section 1/2 A sign marking the graveyard that read ‘Ollied, Grinded and Slammed’ that was bolted to a tree was..ripped off, literally. 1990 Snow Boarder Sept. 60/1 Hetzel had to ollie four feet up onto this snow cap before taking the 20-foot drop. 1994 Snowboard UK Dec. 98/1 They can be done going across the hill ollieing off the edge of the board, heelside and toeside, or running straight down the hill. 2001 Adrenalin No. 9 162/2 Harri was complaining that he couldn't ollie properly because of a thigh injury, which he picked up whilst filming a steep rail. |
