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skate
1[ skeyt ]
noun
- the blade of an ice skate.
- a skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship.
verb (used without object)
- to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates.
- to glide or slide smoothly along.
- Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf.
- (of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing.
verb (used with object)
- to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage.
skate
2[ skeyt ]
noun
- any of numerous rays of the family Rajidae having paired electric organs within a long, fleshy tail and producing a distinctive egg case (a mermaid's purse ): a widespread group of more than 570 species, the largest being Beringraja binoculata big skate of Pacific coastal waters from Alaska to Baja California, known to exceed 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) in length.
skate
1/ ɪ /
noun
- the steel blade or runner of an ice skate
- such a blade fitted with straps for fastening to a shoe
- a current collector on an electric railway train that collects its current from a third rail Compare bow collector
- get one's skates onto hurry
verb
- to glide swiftly on skates
- to slide smoothly over a surface
- skate on thin iceto place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation
skate
2/ ɪ /
noun
- any large ray of the family Rajidae, of temperate and tropical seas, having flat pectoral fins continuous with the head, two dorsal fins, a short spineless tail, and a long snout
skate
3/ ɪ /
noun
- slang.a person; fellow
Other yvlog Forms
- 첹ٱa· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of skate1
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Idioms and Phrases
- get / put one's skates on, British Informal. to make haste.
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing skate
In addition to the idiom beginning with skate , also see cheap skate ; on thin ice, skate .Example Sentences
Fridays after school and figure skating practice, I’d set out the lineup — chocolate chips, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, Crisco — pressing the dough into fat, craggy mounds on my mom’s old cookie sheets.
In that context, it was no surprise that they bucked the trend and went for a fun disco-style free dance in 2018-19 while many of their rivals were skating to more serious classical numbers.
At the O2, that pain seemed a distant memory, as he careened around the U-shaped stage on roller skates, pulling off a flawless moonwalk, and even freeze-framing in a handstand.
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won Great Britain's first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston.
Landi was sentenced in absentia to 14 years, which led him to relocate to Dubai where he dabbled in crypto, hid money in Switzerland and skated around extradition treaties.
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