skate
noun
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L27079 on Wikidata ↗verb
- move on, or as if on, skates
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /skeɪt/
adj
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”).
- Pertaining to the technique of skating.
name
Etymology: Blend of Sawyer + Kate.
- The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate Austen from the television series Lost.
“But 'Skate' fans ended the series quite disappointed in him, as it seems that even after leaving with Kate, they couldn't be together.”
“(I've never subscribed to either of the Kate ships on the show, but even I was almost a Skate convert in that moment.)”
noun
Etymology: Origin uncertain, but probably related to skite.
- A worn-out horse, a nag, a jade.
- Alternative form of skite (“a mean or contemptible person”).
verb
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”).
- 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.
“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.”