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
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
“It’s a lot of fun,” American pairs skater Danny O’Shea said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
The resentment of new money riles Liz Petkevich, whose husband, J. Misha Petkevich, an investment banker and former Olympic figure skater, helped found the new yacht club.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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
Instead, the pack held back and the two skaters in the lead widened the gap.
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
The following month, in the absence of Russian skaters she won the bronze medal at the 2022 world championships, giving the United States its first world medal in the women's event since 2016.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
The athletes, the brainiacs, the hipsters, the band kids, the skaters.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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