Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who skates, as on ice.
- noun One who skateboards.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who skates.
- noun One of many different aquatic heteropterous insects with long legs which glide over the surface of water as if skating, as Gerridæ; or Hydrobatidæ, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who skates.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
skates . - noun A member of
skateboarding subculture , characterized bydingy andbaggy clothes, and oftenwallet chains . - noun ice hockey A player who is not a
goaltender . - noun Any of numerous
hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who skates
Etymologies
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Examples
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Drop the term skater when describing someone and you might invoke a variety of reactions.
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If an ice-skater is spinning slowly with their arms spread out, and then they pull their arms in towards them, they will begin to spin much faster … this time, informally, we could say that slower ‘wide spinning’ has been transformed into faster ‘narrow spinning’.
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If an ice-skater is spinning slowly with their arms spread out, and then they pull their arms in towards them, they will begin to spin much faster … this time, informally, we could say that slower ‘wide spinning’ has been transformed into faster ‘narrow spinning’.
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Every skater is wearing skates made out of cow, Weir said.
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I like to think that the skater is just over the edge of sustainable balance, but your mileage may vary.
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Every skater is wearing skates made out of cow, Weir said.
ProWomanProLife » Flamboyant tuft-wearing figure skater makes a lot of sense 2010
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I was known as a skater who created a tremendous amount of pressure on the ice.
Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010
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I was known as a skater who created a tremendous amount of pressure on the ice.
Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010
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I was known as a skater who created a tremendous amount of pressure on the ice.
Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010
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For his efforts, the versatile skater is USATODAY. com's U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week.
USATODAY.com - Davis turns back time at Salt Lake skating oval 2005
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