skating en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
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:It was as if she had that morning been transferred back over forty years to her youth again, and was having the good times that she had longed for, such as other girls had—the swings, and the rides, and the skatings, and bicyclings.
2019, Grace Livingston Hill, Aunt Crete's Emancipation:In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.
1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Prudence”, in Essays: First Series:
- (uncountable, usually) The sport of moving along a surface using skates.
- (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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| skatings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
skating rink (terms derived from skating (noun)) · ski skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · synchronised skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · in-line skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · speed skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · skogging (terms derived from skating (noun)) · limbo skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · park skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · ice skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · skating on thin ice (terms derived from skating (noun)) · wakeskating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · free skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · figure skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · synchronized skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · antiskating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · street skating (terms derived from skating (noun)) · roller skating (terms derived from skating (noun))
Translations (28)
fr glisse (action or sport) · ca patinatge (action or sport) · gd sgeatadh (action or sport) · cs bruslení (action or sport) · es patinaje (action or sport) · de Eislaufen (action or sport) · ja スケーティング (action or sport) · he החלקה (action or sport) · ja スケート (action or sport) · cmn 滑冰 (action or sport) · pt patinação (action or sport) · de Skaten (action or sport) · de Schlittschuhlaufen (action or sport) · ru скейтбо́рдинг (action or sport) · ru ске́йтинг (action or sport) · fa اسکیتسواری (action or sport) · ru конькобе́жный спорт (action or sport) · gd speileireachd (action or sport) · cmn 溜冰 (action or sport) · et uisutamine (action or sport) · ru ката́ние на конька́х (action or sport) · gd speileadh (action or sport) · it pattinaggio (action or sport) · pt patinagem (action or sport) · fi luistelu (action or sport) · pl łyżwiarstwo (action or sport) · fr patinage (action or sport) · ar تَزَلُّج (action or sport)