English Online Dictionary. What means skating? What does skating mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskeɪtɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Verb
skating
- present participle and gerund of skate
Noun
skating (usually uncountable, plural skatings)
- The action of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
- (uncountable) The sport of moving along a surface using skates.
- (skiing, uncountable) A method of propulsion, where one moves similar to how a skater propels themselves. A technique in skiing, where a ski is planted diagonally, to push off of, and one slides forward on the ski facing straight forward, and then repeats the process with the swapping of the feet's actions.
Coordinate terms
(skiing):
- striding
- double poling
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Gitksan, skin tag, skin-tag, skintag, staking, takings, tasking
French
Noun
skating m (plural skatings)
- (skiing) skating
Further reading
- “skating”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English skating or French skating.
Noun
skating n (plural skatinguri)
- skating