SKATER

skater

(noun) someone who skates

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

skater (plural skaters)

A person who skates.

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

(ice hockey) A player who is not a goaltender.

Any of numerous hemipterous insects in the family Gerridae, which run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

Synonyms

• (in ice hockey): field player

• (insect): water strider

Anagrams

• Akters, Kaster, Staker, Starke, Tasker, retask, sakret, staker, strake, streak, takers, tasker, trakes

Etymology

Noun

Skater (plural Skaters)

(fandom slang) A shipper of Sawyer and Kate from the television series Lost.

Anagrams

• Akters, Kaster, Staker, Starke, Tasker, retask, sakret, staker, strake, streak, takers, tasker, trakes

Source: Wiktionary


Skat"er, n.

1. One who skates.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to Gerris, Pyrrhocoris, Prostemma, and allied genera. They have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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