1. ice skate (def. 1).
2. roller skate.
3. the blade of an ice skate.
4. a skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship.

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

9. to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage.

10. to make haste.
11. to be or place oneself in a risky or delicate situation: Taking a public stand on the question would be skating on thin ice.

1. any of numerous rays of the family Rajidae having paired electric organs within a long, fleshy tail and producing a distinctive egg case (a mermaid's purse): a widespread group of more than 570 species, the largest being Beringraja binoculata(big skate ) of Pacific coastal waters from Alaska to Baja California, known to exceed 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) in length.

1. a person; fellow: He's a good skate.
2. a contemptible person.
3. an inferior, decrepit horse; nag.

1. See roller skate, ice skate
2. the steel blade or runner of an ice skate
3. such a blade fitted with straps for fastening to a shoe
4. a current collector on an electric railway train that collects its current from a third rail
5. to hurry

6. to glide swiftly on skates
7. to slide smoothly over a surface
8. to place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation

1. any large ray of the family Rajidae, of temperate and tropical seas, having flat pectoral fins continuous with the head, two dorsal fins, a short spineless tail, and a long snout

1. a person; fellow

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