skate
To move over ice or a smooth floor while wearing special shoes with blades or wheels.
To move or glide over a surface while wearing skates, especially on ice or a smooth floor.
A special shoe with a long metal blade or small wheels that you use to move over ice or a smooth floor.
A boot or similar device fitted with a metal blade or small wheels, used for moving smoothly over ice or a hard surface.
A time when you go out to skate for fun or exercise.
An occasion or session of skating for exercise or enjoyment.
To move and do tricks on a skateboard for fun or sport.
To ride and perform movements or tricks on a skateboard, especially as a sport or hobby.
To pass or finish something very easily, without working hard.
To succeed in or get through something very easily, often with little effort or preparation.
To talk about a problem or question only a little, so you do not really answer or explain it.
To deal with a subject in a quick or vague way so that you do not have to address it directly or in detail.
A big, flat fish that lives in the sea and looks like a ray; people sometimes eat it.
A large, flat-bodied sea fish with wing-like fins and a long tail, related to rays and often eaten as food.
- Base: skate
- Plural: skate, skates
- Base: skate
- 3rd Person Singular: skates
- Present Participle: skating
- Past: skated
go skating
1Go out to skate for fun
To leave your home or another place and skate for fun or exercise.
- We usually go skating on the lake in January.
- Do you want to go skating after school?
- They went skating at the new indoor rink last night.
ice skate
1Boot with blade for ice
A special shoe with a long, thin metal blade that you use to move over ice.
- He sharpened his ice skates before the competition.
- The rental shop has ice skates in all sizes.
- My old ice skates are too small now.
skate around
1Avoid dealing with an issue
To avoid talking directly about a difficult question or problem, usually by changing the subject or speaking in a very general way.
- The spokesperson kept skating around the question of who was responsible.
- She skated around the topic of money during the meeting.
- They tried to skate around the issue of job cuts.
skate by
1Manage with minimal effort
To succeed or continue in a situation by doing only the smallest amount of work or using only a little skill.
- He skated by on charm all through college.
- You can’t skate by on late homework forever.
- They have been skating by with very low investment in safety.
skate on thin ice
1Do something very risky
To do or say something that is very risky and could easily cause serious problems for you.
- You’re skating on thin ice by ignoring your boss’s emails.
- The government is skating on thin ice with these new tax plans.
- He knew he was skating on thin ice when he joked about the accident.
skate over
1Treat a subject superficially
To mention a problem or subject only quickly and not explain it well, so you do not really deal with it.
- The article skates over the most important questions.
- He skated over his past mistakes and focused on his recent success.
- Don’t skate over the safety issues in your presentation.
skate park
1Area built for skating/skateboarding
A special place with ramps and other shapes where people can skate or ride skateboards.
- They built a new skate park beside the river.
- Teens from all over the city come to this skate park.
- The skate park closes at dusk for safety reasons.
skate through
1Finish something very easily
To pass or finish an exam, task, or difficult time very easily, without much effort or trouble.
- She skated through the interview and got the job.
- He skated through his exams with almost no revision.
- The team didn’t skate through the season; they had to work hard for every win.
roller skate
1wheeled shoe for skating
A shoe or boot with wheels on the bottom that you wear to move on flat, hard ground.
- He bought a new pair of roller skates for his daughter.
- She bought new roller skates for the indoor rink.
- It took her a while to learn how to stop on roller skates.
- Children in the park were playing on their roller skates.
- The store rents roller skates in many different sizes.
- You must wear roller skates on the track; no regular shoes are allowed.