<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>ice skate</li><li>roller skate</li><li>the blade of an ice skate</li><li>a skid on a lifeboat to facilitate launching from a listing ship</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>skat·ed, skat·ing. to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates.</li><li>to glide or slide smoothly along.</li><li>Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf.</li><li>(of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>skat·ed, skat·ing. to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage.</li></ul>