Ollie

//ˈɒli// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A unisex given name.; A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].
  2. 2
    A unisex given name.; A female given name.

    "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."

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

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To perform an ollie. intransitive

    "He used the tilted side as a ramp, grabbed some air, fakied down, and ollied back onto level ground."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ollie. Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand (1963–), via the Floridian skateboarder's nickname.

Etymology 2

From Ollie. Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand (1963–), via the Floridian skateboarder's nickname.

Etymology 3

From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.

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