Phrase Hound found 30 phrases and 13 compound words that contain skates. The most common are listed below. Open skates in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 30
- bob-skatesplural of bob-skate: strap-on ice skate attachments for boots, with side-by-side parallel runners attached to fore-and-aft plates allowing for adjustable spacing between the forward and rearward skate blade pairs for each boot
- figure skatesthird-person singular simple present indicative of figure skate: An ice skate used for figure skating.
- hockey skatesplural of hockey skate: A type of ice skate used in ice hockey, with a smooth skate blade attached to a skate boot via two pillars, one at the heel and one at the ball of the foot.
- ice-skatesthird-person singular simple present indicative of ice-skate: A light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.
- inline skatesplural of inline skate: A rollerblade: a roller skate with all wheels aligned in a single row along the sole for greater speed and maneuverability.
- quad skatesplural of quad skate: A roller skate with four wheels, two either side of the foot.
- roller skatesplural of roller skate
- slap skatesplural of slap skate: a type of speedskate used in longtrack speedskating, where the skate blade is hinged at the front pillar to the boot, with the heel pillar being free, and kept in place by a spring mechanism.
- clap skatesplural of clap skate: a type of speedskate used in longtrack speedskating, where the skate blade is hinged at the front pillar to the boot, with the heel pillar being free, and kept in place by a spring mechanism.
- in-line skatesplural of in-line skate: A rollerblade: a roller skate with all wheels aligned in a single row along the sole for greater speed and maneuverability.
- cheap skatesplural of cheap skate: Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- mud skatesplural of mud skate: Rhina ancylostoma, a ray of the family Rhinidae.
- skates aroundthird-person singular simple present indicative of skate around: An instance of skating around, especially for fun or as a warm-up to a competitive or performance skate.
- skates overthird-person singular simple present indicative of skate over: To avoid addressing or tackling.
- torpedo skatesplural of torpedo skate: An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
- synthetic ice skatesplural of synthetic ice skate: A type of skate used on synthetic ice, having the body of an ice skate with a blade substitute that uses a row of small inline double-knife-edged bladed wheels (ice skates similarly have a double-knife-edge …
- flapper skatesplural of flapper skate: A European skate, Dipturus intermedius, a subspecies of the common skate.
- bottlenose skatesplural of bottlenose skate: Any member of species Rostroraja alba of benthic skates native to the coastal eastern Atlantic Ocean, now endangered through overfishing.
- skates on thin icethird-person singular simple present indicative of skate on thin ice: To be (or to place oneself) in a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.
- barndoor skatesplural of barndoor skate: Dipturus laevis, one of the largest skates, native to the northwestern Atlantic
- klap skatesplural of klap skate: a type of speedskate used in longtrack speedskating, where the skate blade is hinged at the front pillar to the boot, with the heel pillar being free, and kept in place by a spring mechanism.
- skates one's lanethird-person singular simple present indicative of skate one's lane: To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to the location of the current action.
- get one's skates onTo start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.
- gets one's skates onthird-person singular simple present indicative of get one's skates on: To start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.
- getting one's skates onpresent participle and gerund of get one's skates on
Compound words 13
- wakeskatesplural of wakeskate: The board used in wakeskating.
- cheapskatesplural of cheapskate: Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- rollerskatesplural of rollerskate
- blatherskatesplural of blatherskate: A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.
- bobskatesplural of bobskate: strap-on ice skate attachments for boots, with side-by-side parallel runners attached to fore-and-aft plates allowing for adjustable spacing between the forward and rearward skate blade pairs for each boot
- clapskatesplural of clapskate: a type of speedskate used in longtrack speedskating, where the skate blade is hinged at the front pillar to the boot, with the heel pillar being free, and kept in place by a spring mechanism.
- fanskatesplural of fanskate: Any of various fish of the genus Sympterygia.
- freeskatesplural of freeskate: A segment of figure skating, in which the skaters have more freedom than the short program
- iceskatesplural of iceskate: A light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.
- outskatesthird-person singular simple present indicative of outskate: To skate better than.