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skate 1
(skāt)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.]
skate 2
(skāt)n.
Any of various cartilaginous fishes chiefly of the family Rajidae, having a flattened body with greatly expanded pectoral fins that extend around the head, and laying eggs enclosed in hard cases.
[Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata.]
skate 3
(skāt)n. Slang
1. A fellow; a person.
2. A decrepit horse; a nag.
[Perhaps alteration of dialectal skite, contemptible person; see blatherskite.]
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skating
(ˈskeɪtɪŋ)n
ice-skatingroller-skating
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Noun | 1. | skating - the sport of gliding on skates ice skating - skating on ice roller skating - skating on wheels skateboarding - the sport of skating on a skateboard speed skating - competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course) |
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Translations
bruslení
skøjteløb
luistelu
klizanje
スケート
스케이트 타기
skridskoåkning
กีฬาการเล่นสเก็ต
môn trượt băng
skating
[ˈskeɪtɪŋ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
skating
[ˈskeɪtɪŋ] n (= roller-skating) → roller mskating championship n → championnat m de patinageskating rink n
(= ice rink) → patinoire f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
skating
n (= ice-skating) → Eislauf m, → Schlittschuhlauf m; (= figure-skating) → Eiskunstlauf m; (= roller-skating) → Rollschuhlauf m
skating
:skating exhibition
n (Sport) → Schaulaufen nt
skating rink
n → Eisbahn f; (for roller-skating) → Rollschuhbahn f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
skating
→ تَزَلُّج bruslení skøjteløb Schlittschuhlaufen σκέιτινγκ patinaje luistelu patinage klizanje pattinaggio スケート 스케이트 타기 schaatsen skøyting jazda na łyżwach patinação, patinagem катание на коньках skridskoåkning กีฬาการเล่นสเก็ต paten yapma môn trượt băng 溜冰Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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