skater
Americannoun
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a person who skates
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same as skateboarder See skateboarder
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informal a young person who typically wears baggy clothes and spends a lot of time skateboarding
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See pond-skater
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Origin of skater
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These days, frontman Fred Durst looks more Robert Plant than skater boy, but his energy levels haven't dipped since their late-90s heyday.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Another Japanese skater, Shun Sato, was third on 288.54.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026
Liu’s skate, which won her the individual gold medal, the first U.S. women’s skater do so since 2002, is already Winter Olympics legend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Though not a figure skater, Alysa Liu’s father, Arthur Liu, has bucked tradition in his own way: He is a single father by choice.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Gilly had a vision of herself sailing around the living room of the foster home on her right foot like an ice skater.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
I’ll sit with her for like two hours while life is happening, watching the roller skaters, the families, the cool outfits, the riffraff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He battled skaters in Mortal Kombat and Deadpool costumes before skating to a rendition of Britney Spears' "Hit Me Baby One More Time" as the crowd cheered and clapped along.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Kudos to photographer Robert Gauthier for his shots of the women skaters, especially the one of Ami Nakai.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
Other skaters with visions of Olympic glory surely wish Davis had kept that advice to himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
If you don’t know what that is, it’s when you make an upside-down peace sign and let your fingers glide over the glossy desk, like they were figure skaters.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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