skate 1 (sk āt)
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n.1. An ice skate, roller skate, or inline skate. 2. Informal A skateboard. 3. The act or a period of skating or skateboarding: went for a skate. intr.v. skat·ed, skat·ing, skates 1. To glide or move along on skates. 2. To move or progress in a smooth, easy, or unconcerned manner: "resting on his past laurels, skating along on his reputation" (Tami Hoag). 3. To ride or perform tricks on a skateboard.
[From Dutch schaats, stilt, skate (taken as pl.), from Middle Dutch schaetse, from Old North French escache, stilt, perhaps of Germanic origin.] |