Skate
English
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editSkate
- (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.
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editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom English skate, itself from Dutch schaats.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSkate m (strong, genitive Skates, plural Skates)
- a new-fashioned skate
- a rollerblade
- a modern professional speedskate
Declension
editDeclension of Skate [masculine, strong]
Synonyms
edit- (rollerblade): Inlineskate
- (speedskate): Schnelllaufschlittschuh
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