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skater

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)//

A person who skates.

noun

  1. 1

    A person who skates.

  2. 2

    A skateboarder.

  3. 3

    A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.

  4. 4

    A player who is not a goaltender.

  5. 5

    Synonym of water strider.

Etymology

From skate + -er.

Forms

plural
skaters
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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