skate.
A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
Meaning & usage
A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
Ellipsis of ice skate.
Ellipsis of roller skate.
The act of skateboarding
There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
The act of roller skating or ice skating
The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
A makeshift handcar.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).
To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
To skateboard.
To use the skating technique.
To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
To move smoothly and easily.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).
Pertaining to the technique of skating.
Where this word comes from
Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).
A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English skat, scate (also schat), from Old Norse skata (“skate”). Cognate with Icelandic skata (“skate, ray”), Norwegian skate (“skate”).
A worn-out horse, a nag, a jade.
Alternative form of skite (“a mean or contemptible person”).
Where this word comes from
Origin uncertain, but probably related to skite.
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