skating
/ˈskeɪtɪŋ/
skating is the present participle and gerund of skate.
Noun
skating (usually uncountable, plural skatings)
- The action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
- In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Prudence”, in Essays: First Series
- My merry Christmas and first matrimonial plum-pudding, which I had a hand in compounding — the sprig of mistletoe which I bought for home-consumption, the walks in the parks and the skatings on the Serpentine during the two days' holiday[…]1854, Charles Manby Smith, The working-man's way in the world, page 283
- The sport of moving along a surface using skates.
- 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.
Meaning of skate
Verb
skate (third-person singular simple present skates, present participle skating, simple past and past participle skated)
- To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
- To skateboard.
- To use the skating technique.
- To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
- To move smoothly and easily.
- Addressing a short pass from Henderson, he always felt too smart for Mykola Matviyenko, taking a step to lure him one way; dropping his shoulder and skating in the other direction, further inside.March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian
Forms of skating
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Words formed from skating
- antiskating
- figure skating
- free skating
- ice skating
- in-line skating
- limbo skating
- park skating
- roller skating
- skating on thin ice
- skating rink
- ski skating
- skogging
- speed skating
- street skating
- synchronised skating
- synchronized skating
- wakeskating
Phrases with skating
Words that rhyme with skating
- grating
- rating
- plating
- dating
- waiting
- baiting
- mating
- alienating
- bating
- crating
- creating
- enscripturating
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Questions about skating
- What does skating mean?
- Skating means the action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
- What is skating the present participle and gerund of?
- Skating is the present participle and gerund of skate.
- What part of speech is skating?
- Skating is a noun.
- How do you pronounce skating?
- Skating is pronounced /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of skating?
- The plural of skating is skatings.
Words near skating in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skating (page history and authors); skate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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