Tuam/Galway slang for shoes
It is pronounced Shkates with a softer A to emphasize that you are talking about shoes and not roller skates or ice skates
Comparable to other slang words like Crepes which also refer to shoes and not a type of french pancake
Person 1: Sham, those are some fresh new skates
Person 2: Thanks man, they're fresh out the box too
Person 1: Where can I get some J1s like that
Person 2: Sure you can get them anywhere online for a good price if you search hard enough!
: man I don't what do to...
: What happened?
: My girl got skate.
Skateboarding... Not rollerblading and sure as hell not ice prancing (ice "skating"). Longboarding just barely applies.
Guy 1: "You down to skate Saturday?"
Guy 2: "Aw yeah mean, fasho!"
Guy 3: "What about me??"
Guy 1: "SKATEBOARDING not rollerblading fag."
A person that goes person to person during relationships is often called a skate
Oh you saw Brianna she’s such a
Skate she just dated Alex now Tommy and is back with Jermey.. skate
The activity better than scootering, involves a skateboard, get off the computer, grab your board, and shred. If you dont have a board, go to a skateshop (skateboard store), buy a board, and shred.
P.S: AVOID WALMART AT ALL TIMES!
Go shred dude, dont come back on here until you 360 heelflip that 5 stair in front of that building. Skate that park. Land that handplant.
A scale usually used for measuring narcotics
Him: I just got it fam u got skates
Jim: yeah I’ll bring it through
A word used by London private school boys who like to pretend they arent from money to describe xanax bars.
Considered embarrassing by the rest of the general population.
"Mate, Ive got some skates and my blem for this weekend"
"Cool, lets go to my parents house in Surrey and take some skates"
"Nah, lets go to Peckham and pretend we arent rich"