Skate meaning
An example of a skate is what an Olympic ice skater wears on their feet while competing.
An example of skate is to complete five tasks in a short period of time with a minimal amount of effort; skate through tasks.
An example of skate is what an olympic ice dancer does to compete for a gold medal.
An example of a skate is a batoid fish.
Went for a skate.
The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
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
- 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
- Back-formation from earlier scates, from Dutch schaats, from Old Northern French escache, compare Modern French échasse.
From Wiktionary
- From Old Norse skata.
From Wiktionary