roller skate

Rink floor footwear

A roller skate is a boot or shoe fitted with wheels for gliding across smooth surfaces.

Traditional roller skates have four wheels arranged in a rectangular pattern; inline skates place the wheels in a single row.

As a verb, to roller-skate is to move on such skates: We used to roller-skate at the rink every Friday night.

recreation

rink

Enclosed skating surface

outdoor · indoor · leisure · fun · hobby · pastime · social · family · park · boardwalk

equipment

quad

Enclosed campus lawn

chassis · axle · urethane · polyurethane · boot · laces · padding · buckle · velcro · high-top

retro

disco

Seventies dance music

funk · boogie · arcade · boombox · leg-warmers · mirrorball · vinyl · groovy

movement

glide

Move with effortless continuity

spin · flow · balance · momentum · stopping · backward · forward · carve · weave · slalom

sport

derby

Open-entry competition

pack · bout · competition · athletics · agility · balance · training · teamwork · championship · tournament

Categories
Opposites
skating surface/medium

roller skateice skate

Bladed boot for frozen surfaces

figure skate · ice skating · hockey skate · speed skate

locomotion method

roller skatewalk

Travel on foot

run · walking shoes · hiking boots · running shoe · running shoes

wheel configuration

roller skateinline skate

Boot with row of wheels

rollerblade

Family

rollerskating

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G