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Definition: Skating |
SkatingNoun1. The sport of gliding on skates. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Ice skating is travelling on ice with skates, narrow blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular footwear). It is mainly done for recreation and as a sport.It is possible on canals and lakes, etc. after it has been freezing for some time, and at indoor and outdoor skating tracks and areas with artificial cooling.
In some countries with a temperate climate, e.g. the Netherlands, frozen canals and lakes are fairly rare, but skating is popular where these are encountered.
A number of sports are based on the principle of ice skating:
See also: Elfstedentocht
- figure skating
- ice hockey
- short track speed skating
- speed skating
- synchronized skating
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ice skating."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The roller skate, or "quad skate" is kind of skate with 4 wheels arranged in two rows. It is different from the inline skate.Different models exist :
You can build a quad skate with 4 elements :
- speed
- hockey
- artistic
- dance
- recreational
- aggressive
- jumps
- indoor/outdoor
- etc...
- boots
- frames
- wheels
- bearings
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Roller skate."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
There are two main varieties of Skating :
- Ice skating
- Roller skating
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skating."
Synonym: SkatingSynonym: Athletics. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Park, plaisance; national park, national forest, state park, county park, city park, vest-pocket park, public park (public) a; arbor; garden; (horticulture); pleasure ground, playground, cricketground, croquet ground, archery ground, hunting ground; tennis court, racket court; bowling alley, green alley; croquet lawn, rink, glaciarum, skating rink; roundabout, merry-go-round; swing; montagne Russe. |
Athletic sports, gymnastics; archery, rifle shooting; tournament, pugilism; (contention); sports; horse racing, the turf; aquatics; skating, sliding; cricket, tennis, lawn tennis; hockey, football, baseball, soccer, ice hockey, basketball; rackets, fives, trap bat and ball, la grace; pall-mall, tipcat, croquet, golf, curling, pallone, polo, water polo; tent pegging; tilting at the ring, quintain; greasy pole; quoits, horseshoes, discus; rounders, lacrosse; tobogganing, water polo; knurr and spell. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Skating |
| English words defined with "skating": emulate ♦ figure, figure eight, figure skating, frozen ♦ ice, ice rink, ice skating, ice-skater, ice-skating rink ♦ rink, Rinking, roller skating, roller-skater ♦ skateboarding, skating rink, spread eagle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skating": cashier, ticket selling ♦ GENERAL MANAGER, ROAD PRODUCTION ♦ ICE MAKER, SKATING RINK ♦ LOVER ♦ MANAGER, HOTEL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, MANAGER, WINTER SPORTS ♦ Skate, SKATE-SHOP ATTENDANT ♦ TICKET SELLER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Skating" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (rink). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Forget for this moment the smog and the cars and the restaurant and the skating and remember only this (L.A. Story; writing credit: Steve Martin.) My dad's like a total fanatic about skating. He doesn't even call it skating, he calls it the brotherhood of the wheel (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette) The skating rink (You Can't Do That on Television; writing credit: Jean Chatenet; Jean Cosmos) That was some skating lesson (CardCaptors; writing credit: Jennifer Pertsch) When Brian Boitano was in the Olympics skating for the Gold he did two salchows and a triple lutz while wearing a blindfold (South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut; writing credit: Trey Parker; Matt Stone) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Figure Skating (1964) Skating Hounds (1929) Ice Skating (1919) The Skating Craze (1915) That Skating Carnival (1910) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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![]() | U.S. Army. Thomas M. England General Hospital, Atlantic City, N.J. : Amputees skating on the sundeck. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | [Russian Poster: two scenes washing clothes outdoors; children skating in winter: women beating clothes]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Skating picnic. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Little Harold must play his lesson 10 times before he can go skating. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Skating on the Tidal Basin. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Adolf Hitler, standing in a Mercedes, waving to crowd as he leaves the ice stadium following the Olympic pair skating contest, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Skating pavilion, Belle Isle [Park], Detroit. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Skating in Central Park, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Youngsters skating near Brockton, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Children skating. Lowell, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Roller skating" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Skating rink at Albert Park, Middlesbrough." | "Bank Ollie" by Brendan Coghlan Commentary: "Taken at the World Cup skating in Melbourne. Huge Bank ollie in the final." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. |
| Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Other highlights at Bluewater include a 12-screen Hoyts cinema multiplex with stadium style seating, an evening lounge and numerous bars, outdoor boating and ice skating, cycling, indoor rock climbing and late night entertainment. (references) | |
Economic History | Zimbabwe | Bankruptcies remain a problem, and many firms are skating close to the edge of insolvency. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | If Tonya Harding's mother had developed her daughter's skating ability the way she had developed her will to win, Tonya would be living in a much bigger trailer right now. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Skating" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 74.60% of the time. "Skating" is used about 126 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 74.6% | 94 | 33,845 |
| Noun (singular) | 9.52% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 8.73% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.14% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 126 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "skating": couple skating ♦ figure skating ♦ free skating ♦ go skating ♦ ice skating ♦ roller skating ♦ skating movement ♦ skating rink ♦ skating turn ♦ speed skating. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "skating": skating-rink, skating-rinks. | |
Ending with "skating": ice-skating, roller-skating. | |
Containing "skating": ice-skating rink, roller-skating rink. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
skating | 1,296 | skating shoes | 51 |
figure skating | 1,026 | power skating camp | 44 |
ice skating | 879 | united state figure skating association | 41 |
inline skating | 571 | skating rink | 41 |
roller skating | 302 | figure skating picture | 38 |
speed skating | 180 | clinic power skating | 38 |
aggressive skating | 153 | fan figure page skating | 38 |
ice skating rink | 132 | ice skating institute | 35 |
skating dress | 125 | figure skating universe | 32 |
figure skating apparel | 106 | skating game | 29 |
skating rinks | 99 | ice skating apparel | 29 |
power skating | 97 | inline skating trick | 29 |
skating apparel | 86 | ice skating picture | 28 |
figure skating dress | 78 | skating picture | 27 |
roller skating rinks | 73 | figure skating music | 25 |
aggressive inline skating | 72 | ring skating | 25 |
ice skating dress | 63 | skating trick | 25 |
ice and skating and rinks | 59 | skating equipment | 24 |
in line skating | 53 | figure skating news | 24 |
power school skating | 52 | skating tip | 22 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "skating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | patinazhi, patinazh (skate). (various references) | |
Arabic | تزلج (glide, skate, ski, sled, slide, slip), تزحلق على الجليد. (various references) | |
Asturian | patinaxe en xelu (ice skating). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | каране на кънки, за кънки. (various references) | |
Cebuano | pakin-as sa yelo (ice skating). (various references) | |
Chinese | 滑冰 (to skate). (various references) | |
Czech | bruslení. (various references) | |
Danish | skoejtedragt (skating costume), skoejtebane (ice rink, skating rink). (various references) | |
Dutch | schaatskleding (skating costume), Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaatsenrijders Bond (Royal Dutch Skating Association), Internationale Schaatsunie (International Skating Union), ijsbaan (ice rink, skating rink). (various references) | |
Faeroese | ísskoyting (ice skating). (various references) | |
Finnish | luistelu. (various references) | |
French | patinage (skidding). (various references) | |
Frisian | reedriden (ice skating). (various references) | |
German | schlittschuhlaufend, schlittschuhlaufen (ice skating). (various references) | |
Greek | παγοδρομία (ice show, ice skating), πατινάζ (ice-skating, skate), τροχοδρομία. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחליק (gliding, slipping, smoothing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | korcsolyázás (ice-skating). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | siarijaaqtuq (ice skating). (various references) | |
Italian | pattinaggio artistico (figureskating), pattinaggio (ice skating). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | スクリュープロペラ船 (scraper, screw, screw ship, screwball, scroll, skate, skateboard, skater, skating rink, squat, sucrose). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | スケーティング , スケート (skate). (various references) | |
Korean | 스케이트를 탐 (Rinking). (various references) | |
Macedonian | lizganje na mraz (ice skating). (various references) | |
Manx | skyrraghtyn (drop, glance, skate, sliding, slip, slipping, slither). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atingskay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | patinação. (various references) | |
Provencal | patinatge (ice skating). (various references) | |
Romanian | patinaj. (various references) | |
Russian | конькобежный, кататься (go for a drive, skated, skates), катание на коньках. (various references) | |
Samoan | faaseega i le aisa (ice skating). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | za klizanje, klizanje (glide, glissade, slide, slip). (various references) | |
Spanish | patinaje (skidding, slip, slippage, slipping, spinning). (various references) | |
Swedish | skridskoåkning (ice skating). (various references) | |
Turkish | patenle kayma, paten yapma. (various references) | |
Turkmen | katok (r) (skating rink). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | катання на ковзанах, біг на ковзанах. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skating": skatings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "skating": outskating. (additional references) | |
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"Skating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eskaton, scateing, scating, scrating, Skaling, Skatenigs, skiting, Skotino, soatings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "skating" (pronounced skā"ting) |
| 4 | -ā" t i ng | annotating, abating, awaiting, baiting, berating, crating, creating, dating, debating, deflating, elating, equating, grating, hating, inflating, innovating, mating, misstating, negating, plating, rating, reinstating, relating, restating, sedating, stating, translating, updating, waiting, weighting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, babysitting, backbiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, daunting, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, wanting, wasting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: staking, takings, tasking. | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-k-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: asking, gainst, gaskin, giants, kiangs, sating, taking, takins, tsking. | |
-2 letters: agist, angst, antis, gains, gaits, giant, ginks, gnats, ikats, kains, kiang, kinas, kings, knits, saint, satin, skint, staig, stain, stang, stank, sting, stink, tains, takin, tangs, tanks, tings. | |
-3 letters: agin, ains, aits, akin, anis, anti, ants, gain, gait, gast, gats, gink, gins, gist. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-k-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: goatskin, kartings, skatings, stacking, stalking, talkings. | |
+2 letters: antikings, casketing, goatskins, mistaking, outasking, streaking, tacklings, trackings. | |
+3 letters: kingcrafts, marketings, nighthawks, outskating, outtasking, restacking, stockading, streakings, unstacking. | |
+4 letters: antismoking, asterisking, backbitings, backlisting, caretakings, grubstaking, mythmakings, outspeaking, overtasking, painstaking, postmarking, ringstraked, steelmaking, stocktaking, stringybark, toolmakings, waterskiing. | |
+5 letters: backstabbing, backstopping, blacklisting, breakfasting, earthshaking, kickstarting, matchmakings, meatpackings, multitasking, nightwalkers, outsparkling, painstakings, platemakings, printmakings, sidetracking, steelmakings, stocktakings, stringybarks, thanksgiving, tracklayings, undertakings, walkingstick, watchmakings, waterskiings. | |
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