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
Etymology
Origin of skater
Example Sentences
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Quinn Hughes isn’t the biggest or burliest skater on the ice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Artist Gustavo Zermeño Jr. created a mural in Gardena honoring U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu, inspired not only by her Olympic gold medals but her personal journey of self-discovery.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu, freshly gold-medaled and halo-haired, has captured America’s heart.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 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
She landed heavily on her bottom, like a skater.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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