Skate1  —n. 1 boot with a blade attached for gliding on ice; this blade. 2 = *roller-skate. —v. (-ting) 1 a move on skates. B perform (a specified figure) on skates. 2 (foll. By over) refer fleetingly to, disregard.  get one's skates on slang make haste. Skate on thin ice colloq. Behave rashly, risk danger.  skater n. [dutch schaats from french]