English Words: S

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skate byverb

To get through something difficult with ease.

skate onverb

To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court.

skate on thin iceverb

To be (or to place oneself) in a risky, potentially dangerous or delicate situation.

skate one's laneverb

To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to the location of the current action.

skate-aroundnoun

An instance of skating around, especially for fun or as a warm-up to a competitive or performance skate.

skateabilitynoun

The property of being suitable for skating or skateboarding.

skateableadj

Suitable for skating (or skateboarding) upon.

skatearoundnoun

Alternative form of skate-around.

skateathonnoun

A charity event in which participants skate a long distance.

skateboardnoun

A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot.

skateboard railnoun

A training device used for practicing skateboarding tricks, such as a grind or a board slide.

skateboardableadj

Where skateboarding is possible and permitted; traversable on a skateboard.

skateboardernoun

A person who rides a skateboard.

skateboardingnoun

The act of riding on a skateboard.

skateboardlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a skateboard.

skatecorenoun

Synonym of skatepunk.

skatedverb

simple past and past participle of skate

skatefishnoun

skate (type of fish)

Skategatename

The 2002 Olympic Winter Games figure skating scandal.

skatelessadj

Without skates.

skatelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a skate (the fish).

skatemobilenoun

A makeshift vehicle built by attaching roller skates to a crate.

skateparknoun

A recreational area designed for skateboarders.

skatepunknoun

A fast, intense, melodic form of hardcore punk music, associated with skateboarding culture.

skaternoun

A person who skates.

skater dressnoun

A short dress with a fitted waist and flaring skirt.

skaterlyadj

Of, or befitting, a skater.

skatesnoun

plural of skate

skateshopnoun

A shop that sells skateboarding equipment.

skatewaynoun

An ice rink or other route for ice skating.

skatewearnoun

Clothing to be worn while skateboarding.

Skathiname

A moon of Saturn.

skatingverb

present participle and gerund of skate

skatistnoun

A skater (person who skates), especially a skateboarder or rollerskater.

skatolenoun

A mildly toxic white crystalline organic compound of the indole family, occurring naturally in faeces and coal tar,C₉H₉N.

Skattebøl rearrangementnoun

A reaction that converts a geminal dihalo cyclopropane to an allene using an organolithium base.

skattywampusadj

Alternative form of catawampus (“in disarray”).

Skaudvilėname

A city in Tauragė, Lithuania.

skawnoun

A promontory.

skaznoun

A literary technique wherein characters are mainly identified by the linguistic specificities of their speech.

skazkanoun

A Russian fairy tale

skeannoun

Obsolete spelling of skein.

skean dhunoun

Alternative spelling of sgian dubh.

Skeatname

A surname.

Skeavingtonname

A surname.

skednoun

A schedule.

skedaddleverb

To move or run away quickly.

skedaddlernoun

A draft dodger.

skedonknoun

A banger; an old, battered motor car.

skedulenoun

Dated form of schedule.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 458. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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