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noun, verb, skat⋅ed, skat⋅ing.| 1. | ice skate (def. 1). |
| 2. | roller skate. |
| 3. | the blade of an ice skate. |
| 4. | a skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship. |
| 5. | to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. |
| 6. | to glide or slide smoothly along. |
| 7. | Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf. |
| 8. | (of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing. |
| 9. | to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage. |
| 10. | get or put one's skates on, British Informal. to make haste. |
| 11. | 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. |
[skeyt] ) skate, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) skates. | any 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). |
[skeyt] | 1. | a person; fellow: He's a good skate. |
| 2. | a contemptible person. |
| 3. | an inferior, decrepit horse; nag. |
| skate 1 (skāt) n.
[From Dutch schaats, stilt, skate (taken as pl.), from Middle Dutch schaetse, from Old North French escache, stilt, perhaps of Germanic origin.] |
| skate 2 (skāt) n. Any of various rays of the genus Raja, having a flattened body and greatly expanded pectoral fins that extend around the head. [Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata.] |
| skate 3 (skāt) n.
[Perhaps alteration of dialectal skite, contemptible person; see blatherskite.] |
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