clap skate

or clapskate, klap skate

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noun

a type of speed skate with a blade attached at the heel by a hinge, allowing the full length of the blade to remain on the ice for a longer time and increasing skating speed.

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Origin of clap skate

First recorded in 1995–2000; loan translation of Dutch klapschaats; see origin at clap¹, skate¹

Words nearby clap skate

clapperboard, clapper bridge, clapperclaw, clapper rail, clappy-doo, clap skate, clapt, Clapton, Clapton's line, claptrap, claque

How to use clap skate in a sentence

Which is why you should: “Clap along, if you feel like a room without a roof.”
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Yeah, he wanted to skate and had never skated before, so I taught him when he was 58.
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The music drifted through the rain and the woman started to clap her hands and dance.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters|Alex Belth|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like, clap-my-hands-together-in-schoolgirl-like-glee over the moon to see it.
‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 2: The Finest, Funniest, and Most Terrifying Moments of Eps. 1-6|Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I also figure-skated competitively for about 10 years—I got to figure-skate in the show during the pageant!
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"We have a grandfather in Greenfield," spoke up the youngest child before his sister could clap her hand over his mouth.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
I bet a feller can skate in the streeton the sidewalkalmost anywhere this morning, declared Chet, with enthusiasm.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
But ten thousand saw Musa's hand clap to hilt, and Iftikhar's lance half fall to rest.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
Viscount Melbourne expressed himself to the effect that the Earl of Ripon's motion came like a thunder-clap upon him.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
You had a very fair clap-trap against us, as we happened to be master manufacturers, in saying that we wanted to reduce wages.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan