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   skate

   /skāt/

   noun

   • 1. an ice skate or roller skate: "everyone was on skates"
   • ▪ a device, typically with wheels on the underside, used to move a heavy or unwieldy object.

   verb

   • 1. move on ice skates or roller skates in a gliding fashion: "the boys were skating on the ice"
   • ▪ perform (a specified figure) on skates: "figure eights skated entirely on one foot"
   • ▪ ride on a skateboard.
   • 2. pass over or refer only fleetingly to (a subject or problem): "she seemed to skate over the next part of her story"
   • 3. make quick and easy progress through: "he admits he had expected to skate through the system"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (originally as the plural scates): from Dutch schaats (singular but interpreted as plural), from Old French eschasse ‘stilt’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. to glide or slide smoothly along. Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf. (of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing.

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   SKATE meaning: 1. a special boot with a thin metal bar attached to the bottom that you wear to move quickly on…. Learn more.

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   Skates are things you wear on your feet so you can roll around a roller rink or glide across an icy pond. Roller skates have wheels on the bottom, and ice skates have metal blades. When you lace up your skates and start moving over the ice, you skate.

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