skating

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skating

  • /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/

Rhymes with -eɪtɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of skate

noun skatings

  1. uncountable, usually The action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.
  2. uncountable, usually The sport of moving along a surface using skates.
  3. uncountable, usually A method of propulsion, where one moves similar to how a skater propels themselves. A technique in skiing, where a ski is planted diagonally, to push off of, and one slides forward on the ski facing straight forward, and then repeats the process with the swapping of the feet's actions.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: skater, skiing, ski, snowboarding, skid, sport, toe, sliding, slide, slipping, slippage, downhill, rink, slip, smooth, ice

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noun action or sport

Españolpatinaje
日本語スケート sukēto, スケーティング sukētingu
中文溜冰 liūbīng, 滑冰 huábīng
Portuguêspatinação, patinagem
Françaisglisse, patinage
DeutschSchlittschuhlaufen, Skaten, Eislaufen
Italianopattinaggio
Русскийката́ние на конька́х katánije na konʹkáx, конькобе́жный спорт konʹkobéžnyj sport, ске́йтинг skéjting, скейтбо́рдинг skejtbórding
العربيةتَزَلُّج tazalluj
עבריתהחלקה hakhlaka

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@misc{skating_2026,
  title = {skating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}