Skate Definition

skāt
skated, skates, skating
noun
A bladelike metal runner mounted in a frame having clamps and straps for fastening it to the sole of a shoe and used for gliding on ice.
Webster's New World
An ice skate, roller skate, or inline skate.
American Heritage
A shoe with such a runner permanently attached.
Webster's New World
A skateboard.
American Heritage
A similar frame or shoe with a pair of small wheels near the toe and another pair at the heel, for gliding on a hardwood floor, sidewalk, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To glide or move along on, or as on, skates.
Webster's New World
To move or progress in a smooth, easy, or unconcerned manner.
American Heritage
To ride or perform stunts on a skateboard.
Webster's New World
To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
Wiktionary
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Skate

Noun

Singular:
skate
Plural:
skates

Origin of Skate

  • From Dutch schaats stilt, skate (taken as pl.) from Middle Dutch schaetse from Old North French escache stilt perhaps of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from earlier scates, from Dutch schaats, from Old Northern French escache, compare Modern French échasse.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps alteration of dialectal skite contemptible person blatherskite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English scate from Old Norse skata

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old Norse skata.

    From Wiktionary

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