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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Noun Inflected Forms
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Origin of skater
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A figure skater is facing north when she begins to spin to her right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
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
Quinn Hughes isn’t the biggest or burliest skater on the ice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
U.S. figure skater and Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu recently revealed that the correct pronunciation of her name is “uh-LEE-suh LEE-oh”.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
He was big — over six feet — and charming, a talented skater, who wowed young girls with his exploits on the rink.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
It has grown quickly since then - from having seven skaters at its first practice to attracting more than 120 playing members across three full teams and a development squad.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Its most recent season—featuring NFL mom Donna Kelce, actor Michael Rappaport, and Olympic figure skaters Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir—drew more than 3 billion viewing minutes, according to Nielsen streaming data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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
The large cluster of skaters behind them held back, hoping the two leaders would run out of gas and drift back into the pack before the final sprint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
Since there weren’t many flag-pole skaters and since this one was by far the best, he had for the last year gone about breaking his own world’s record.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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