skate
[noun]
Synonyms: man, bloke, boy, buck, chap, fellow, gent, gentleman, guy, mun

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I. skate¹ /skeɪt/ noun
[Sense 1-2,4: Date: 1600-1700; Language: Dutch; Origin: schaats 'stilt, skate', from Old North French escache 'stilt']
[Sense 3: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse; Origin: skata]

1. [countable] one of a pair of boots with metal blades on the bottom, for moving quickly on ice Synonym : ice skate

2. [countable] one of a pair of boots or frames with small wheels on the bottom, for moving quickly on flat smooth surfaces Synonym : roller skate

3. [uncountable and countable] (plural skate or skates) a large flat sea fish that can be eaten

4. get/put your skates on British English spoken used to tell someone to hurry:
Put your skates on, or you’ll be late for school.

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II. skate² verb [intransitive]

1. to move on skates:
The children skated on the frozen pond.

2. be skating on thin ice informal to be doing something that may get you into trouble
—skater noun [countable]
skate over/around something phrasal verb
to avoid mentioning a problem or subject, or not give it enough attention:
The President was accused of skating over the issue of the homeless.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

skate
̈ɪskeɪt
See: cheap skate

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