ice-skate

1 of 2

verb

ice-skated; ice-skating; ice-skates

intransitive verb

: to skate on ice
ice-skater noun

ice skate

2 of 2

noun

: a shoe with a metal runner attached for ice-skating

Examples of ice-skate in a Sentence

Noun a pair of ice skates
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Verb
Sean Kay and Angela Yang Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) in a statement confirmed the deaths of young ice-skating duo Sean Kay and Angela Yang, whom Kirsanov coached. Chad De Guzman, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025 Image In northern Kansas, a 100-mile stretch of Interstate 70 was closed overnight on Saturday, according to the authorities, and video taken of the interstate and posted to Facebook showed vehicles gliding across lanes in all directions, as if on an ice-skating rink. Amy Graff, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
Plus there are technicians on hand to restring racquets, lace baseball gloves and sharpen ice skates. Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024 And there's plenty to do in Boston in the winter, too — visitors can ice skate on Frog Pond, visit the Snowsport Winter Village, and even dine in an igloo on the rooftop of The Envoy Hotel. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ice-skate 

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1914, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1786, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ice-skate was in 1786

Dictionary Entries Near ice-skate

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ice-skate

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“Ice-skate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice-skate. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

ice-skate

1 of 2 verb
ˈī(s)-ˌskāt
: to skate on ice
ice-skater noun

ice skate

2 of 2 noun
: a shoe with a usually metal blade attached to the sole for ice-skating

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