couple skating

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skate¹ n., v., skat•ed, skat•ing.
n. [countable]

to move oneself on skates:[no object]skating at the ice rink.
Slang Terms to do something, esp. one's work, in an overly relaxed or superficial way:[no object]He skated through his assignments and handed in the bare minimum.
to perform by skating:[~ + object]skated a perfect program.

skat•er, n. [countable]

skate² n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) skate, (esp. for kinds or species) skates.

skate¹ n., v., skat•ed, skat•ing.
n.

SportSee ice skate (def. 1).
SportSee roller skate.
Sportthe blade of an ice skate.
Nautical, Naval Termsa skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship.
British Terms get or put one's skates on, to make haste.

v.i.

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

v.t.

to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage.
skate on thin ice, to be or place oneself in a risky or delicate situation:Taking a public stand on the question would be skating on thin ice.

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Dutch schaats (singular) skate, Middle Dutch schaetse stilt (compare Medieval Latin scatia)
origin, originally plural scates 1640–50

skate′a•ble, adj.

skate² n., pl. (esp. collectively) skate, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) skates.

Fishany of several rays of the genus Raja, usually having a pointed snout, as R. binoculata (big skate,) inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of the U.S., growing to a length of 8 ft. (2.4 m).

skate³ n. [Slang.]

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skate /skeɪt/ n

vb (intransitive)

Etymology: 17th Century: via Dutch from Old French éschasse stilt, probably of Germanic origin

skate /skeɪt/ n ( pl skate, skates)

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

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse skata

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