skate

Meaning

Noun

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. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of ice skate.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of roller skate.
4. The act of skateboarding
5. The act of roller skating or ice skating
6. (Philippines) A makeshift handcar.

Verb

1. To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
2. To skateboard.
3. To use the skating technique.
4. (slang) To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
5. To move smoothly and easily.

Adj

Pertaining to the technique of skating.

Synonyms

ray

ice skate

⛸️

slide

glide

roller skate

🛼

leopard ray

stingray

skating

slip

ice-skate

eagle ray

iceskate

leather belt

bishop ray

duckbill ray

spotted eagle ray

bonnet skate

a contemptible person

lady ray

mottled eagle ray

spotted stingray

whip ray

slip fitting

spotted duckbill ray

spotted whipray

duckbill eagle-ray

spotted bonnetray

flying ray

duckbil ray

spotted eagleray

white-spotted eagle ray

rocker

roller-skate

runner

🏃

skates

ski

🎿

skim

slither

sunfish

whip

Translations

patinar

patiner

pattinare

raya

patin

pattino

raie

Schlittschuh

⛸️

patín

schaats

patim

schaatsen

Rochen

patinar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skeɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with French: échasse

Cognate with English: scatch

Inherited from Middle English: skat

Cognate with Icelandic: skata

Cognate with Norwegian: skate

In summary

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”).