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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024skat•er (skā′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who skates.
- See water strider.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈskater /ˈskeɪtə/ n - a person who skates
- same as skateboarder
See skateboarder - Brit informal a young person who typically wears baggy clothes and spends a lot of time skateboarding
skate1 /skeɪt/USA pronunciation n., v., skat•ed, skat•ing. n. [countable] - Sportice skate (def. 1)
- Sportroller skate.
v. - to move oneself on skates:[no object]skating at the ice rink.
- Slang Terms to do something, esp. one's work, in an overly relaxed or superficial way:[no object]He skated through his assignments and handed in the bare minimum.
- to perform by skating:[~ + object]skated a perfect program.
skat•er, n. [countable]skate2 /skeɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) skate, (esp. for kinds or species) skates. - Fisha fish, a ray, with winglike fins.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024skate1 (skāt),USA pronunciation n., v., skat•ed, skat•ing. n. - SportSee ice skate (def. 1).
- SportSee roller skate.
- Sportthe blade of an ice skate.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship.
- British Terms get or put one's skates on, to make haste.
v.i. - to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates.
- to glide or slide smoothly along.
- Slang Termsto shirk one's duty;
loaf. - Sound Reproduction(of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing.
v.t. - to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage.
- skate on thin ice, to be or place oneself in a risky or delicate situation:Taking a public stand on the question would be skating on thin ice.
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- Dutch schaats (singular) skate, Middle Dutch schaetse stilt (compare Medieval Latin scatia)
- origin, originally plural scates 1640–50
- Fishany of several rays of the genus Raja, usually having a pointed snout, as R. binoculata (big skate,) inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of the U.S., growing to a length of 8 ft. (2.4 m).
- Old Norse skati
- Middle English scate 1300–50
- Slang Termsa person;
fellow:He's a good skate. - Slang Termsa contemptible person.
- Slang Termsan inferior, decrepit horse;
nag.
- perh. special use of skate2
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