skater
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈskeɪtər/
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patinador de monopatín
- She dreams of becoming a professional skater and showcasing her skills in shows.
- an old skater
- a year-old skater
- a female skater
But for right now, you decide that you're going to become a street skater, you're going to reinvent yourself.
- But for right now, you decide that you're going to become a street skater, you're going to reinvent yourself.
- And it's like, hey, you're sitting there in like your bikini with your like, boyfriend, skater dude who looks like he's going to do an Ollie on my face and your dad.
- And then Bam kind of just showcased his other skater friends because he realized.
- I had to mute the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtrack, even though, Yeah.
- It's kind of like a skate skater surfer shop, which is also like boathouse as well.
- And so the people I did tell was other kids, like the other skaters and stuff.
- A lot of high level skaters work with a DJ to like customize this tracks.
- And in school, you have skater kids, preppy kids, the cool kids, the nerds, right?
Examples
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Doug, a 25-year-old skater, explained skate Betties in this way:
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That whole skater look that you came in with, it was great.
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I wanna be a skater like you.
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I want to be a pro skater.
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I used to want to be a pro skater.
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I'm going to join the other skaters, what do you think?
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I love watching skaters because they're so free, messy, wild.
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Two teenage skaters were practicing their rail slides on these parking blocks.
Academic text (1996) -
An 11-year-old male skater asserted, "The girls don't want to fall and get their butts dirty."
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For example, a favorite spot of skaters in Welton was a loading dock located on the backside of a grocery store.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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2.6
A person who rides a skateboard and does tricks
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skater comes from skate + -er; skate originally meant 'to glide', and the word was later used for riding a skateboard, so a skater can also mean someone who rides a skateboard and performs tricks.