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Sense: 1-2,4
| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Dutch |
| Origin: | schaats 'stilt, skate', from Old North French escache 'stilt' |
| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old Norse |
| Origin: | skata |
Related topics:
1 [countable]DSO one of a pair of boots with metal blades on the bottom, for moving quickly on ice [= ice skate]
2 [countable]DS one of a pair of boots or frames with small wheels on the bottom, for moving quickly on flat smooth surfaces [= roller skate]
3 [uncountable and countable] plural skate or skatesHBF a large flat sea fish that can be eaten
4 used to tell someone to hurry : 
Put your skates on, or you'll be late for school.
get/put your skates on
British English spokenPut your skates on, or you'll be late for school.
