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roller derby

roller derby noun: a sport based on teams of rollerskaters who race round a track, jamming and blocking each other.

Noun (1)

roller derby (usually uncountable, plural roller derbies)

  1. (usually) A sport based on teams of rollerskaters who race round a track, jamming and blocking each other.

Noun (2) capitalized: Roller Derby

Roller Derby (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of roller derby, particularly in its pre-2001 incarnation.

Forms of roller derby

pluralroller derbies

Questions about roller derby

What does roller derby mean?
Roller derby means a sport based on teams of rollerskaters who race round a track, jamming and blocking each other.
What part of speech is roller derby?
Roller derby is a noun.
What is the plural of roller derby?
The plural of roller derby is roller derbies.

Words near roller derby in the dictionary

  1. roller coaster
  2. roller coasters
  3. roller cone bit
  4. roller cone bits
  5. roller derbies
  6. roller derby
  7. roller disco
  8. roller discos
  9. roller docker
  10. roller dockers
  11. roller football

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Adapted from Wiktionary: roller derby (page history and authors); Roller Derby (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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