noun
plural skates
[count] :a kind of shoe with blades or wheels on the bottom that allow you to glide or roll on a surface: such as
ice skate
roller skate
in-line skate - compare 3skate
get/put your skates on
Brit informal - used to tell someone to hurry;
verb
skates; skated; skating
to move or glide over a surface on skates [no obj]
[no obj] :to ride or perform tricks on a skateboard
[no obj] :to move or glide quickly along a surface
skate over/around
[phrasal verb]
skate over/around (something) :to avoid talking about (something) especially because it is difficult to talk about or embarrassing
noun
plural skates
[count, noncount] :a type of fish that has a flat, wide body and a long narrow tail - compare 1skate