Home › Words › O › overskateoverskateoverskate means to skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, overskate ranks #16,734 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom over- + skate.verbTo skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.e.g.“Boyle’s goal, which came after Rangers defenseman Jason Strudwick overskated the puck behind the net to give the Kings an easy pass out front, came 13 minutes 8 seconds into the first period.” — 2008 February 6, Lynn Zinser, “After 3 Road Victories, Rangers Falter at Home”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.outskate 74% match — To skate better than. vs overskate →overstrike 64% match — To overreach oneself while striking. vs overskate →outkick 62% match — To kick more than, or beyond, something or someone. vs overskate →overshave 59% match — To shave excessively. vs overskate →overscrawl 59% match — To scrawl over. vs overskate →overpursue 59% match — To pursue too far. vs overskate →overglide 59% match — To glide over. vs overskate →outglide 57% match — To pass or surpass in gliding; to glide beyond. vs overskate →