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overskate

overskate verb: to skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.

Verb

overskate (third-person singular simple present overskates, present participle overskating, simple past and past participle overskated)

  1. (transitive) To skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.
    • Boyle’s goal, which came after Rangers defenseman Jason Strudwick overskated the puck behind the net to give the Kings an easy pass out front, came 13 minutes 8 seconds into the first period.2008 February 6, Lynn Zinser, “After 3 Road Victories, Rangers Falter at Home”, in New York Times

Forms of overskate

third-person singular presentoverskates
present participleoverskating
past participleoverskated
pastoverskated

Origin of overskate

From over- + skate.

Questions about overskate

What does overskate mean?
Overskate means to skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.
What part of speech is overskate?
Overskate is a verb.
What is the past tense of overskate?
The past tense of overskate is overskated.

Words near overskate in the dictionary

  1. oversize
  2. oversized
  3. oversizedness
  4. oversizes
  5. oversizing
  6. overskate
  7. overskated
  8. overskates
  9. overskating
  10. overskeptical
  11. overskepticism

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