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Skate
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- 1 Pertaining to the technique of skating. not-comparable
- 1 The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate Austen from the television series Lost. slang
"But 'Skate' fans ended the series quite disappointed in him, as it seems that even after leaving with Kate, they couldn't be together."
- 1 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.
- 2 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.
"The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking."
- 3 A worn-out horse.
- 4 large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins wordnet
- 5 Ellipsis of ice skate. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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- 6 Alternative form of skite (“a mean or contemptible person”). alt-of, alternative
- 7 sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs wordnet
- 8 Ellipsis of roller skate. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 9 The act of skateboarding
"There's time for a quick skate before dinner."
- 10 The act of roller skating or ice skating
"The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen."
- 11 A makeshift handcar. Philippines
- 1 To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
- 2 move along on skates wordnet
- 3 To skateboard.
- 4 To use the skating technique.
- 5 To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty. slang
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- 6 To move smoothly and easily.
"Addressing a short pass from Henderson, he always felt too smart for Mykola Matviyenko, taking a step to lure him one way; dropping his shoulder and skating in the other direction, further inside."
Etymology
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”).
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”).
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”).
From Middle English skat, scate (also schat), from Old Norse skata (“skate”). Cognate with Icelandic skata (“skate, ray”), Norwegian skate (“skate”).
Origin uncertain, but probably related to skite.
Blend of Sawyer + Kate.
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