SKATE
1 —none. 1 boot with a blade attached for gliding on ice; this blade. 2 = *roller-skate. —verb. (-ting) 1 a move on skates. B perform (a specified figure) on skates. 2 (foll. By over) refer fleetingly to, disregard. ? get one`s skates on slang make haste. Skate on thin ice colloq. Behave rashly, risk danger. ? skater none. [dutch schaats from french]