Skate

See also: skate, skaté, and skatē

English

Etymology

Blend of Sawyer +‎ Kate.

Proper noun

Skate

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate Austen from the television series Lost.
   • 2010, Robert Dougherty, Lost: It Only Ends Once: An Unofficial Last Look, page 294:

     But 'Skate' fans ended the series quite disappointed in him, as it seems that even after leaving with Kate, they couldn't be together.

   • 2010, Nikki Stafford, Finding Lost, Season Six, unnumbered page:

     (I've never subscribed to either of the Kate ships on the show, but even I was almost a Skate convert in that moment.)

   • 2015, James O'Ehley, Erin Willard, editors, The Take2 Guide to Lost: The Ultimate Compendium, unnumbered page:

     And while, as a Skate fan, I have to admit I was a bit disappointed that my side of the love square ultimately didn't win out (Sawyer ended up with Juliet, Jack ended up with Kate), I have to say I adored this small scene between my couple!

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Skate.

Derived terms

• Skater

Anagrams

• Keast, Keats, Skeat, Stake, kates, ketas, stake, steak, takes, teaks

German

Etymology

From English skate, itself from Dutch schaats.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɛɪ̯t/, /skeːt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Skate m (strong, genitive Skates, plural Skates)

1. a new-fashioned skate
   1. a rollerblade
   2. a modern professional speedskate

Declension

Declension of Skate [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Skate	die	Skates
genitive	eines	des	Skates	der	Skates
dative	einem	dem	Skate	den	Skates
accusative	einen	den	Skate	die	Skates

Synonyms

• (rollerblade): Inlineskate
• (speedskate): Schnelllaufschlittschuh

Related terms

• Skateboard
• skaten

See also

• Rollschuh
• Schlittschuh