skating

IPA: skˈeɪtɪŋ

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.

Examples of "skating" in Sentences

We talked to Hannah about how skating is hard to learn.
Contemporary ice skating show hopes to shatter the mould.
If that was the intent, it's skating awfully close to the line.
Doesn't have dynamic physical tools and his skating is average.
The arena was also formative in the growing sport of figure skating.
One key element to great skating is to watch how the skaters use their arms.
But his skating is just adequate and he's had a rocky relationship with the coaches at the U.S.
My skating is going well, but I've been pushing it for the past couple of weeks and now I'm pretty tired.
"Look, competition in skating is a tough scene," says Dick Button, two-time Olympic champion and ABC analyst.
My skating is coming along well and now I just need to get the legs feeling fresh, fine tune the little things and get the snap back!!!
Ice skating is the gymnastics of the winter games: overly reliant upon subjective scoring, and beloved by NBC to the expense of every other event.
"I remember after we drafted Nash, people said his skating is a touch off and (director of amateur scouting) Don Boyd said, 'I don't know if his skating is off, but I've never seen him lose a race for the puck,'" MacLean says.