Take a chance; risk danger, disapproval or anger. "You'll be skating on thin ice if you ask Dad to increase your allowance again.", "John knew he was skating on thin ice, but he could not resist teasing his sister about her boyfriend."
If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport. They took me ice-skating on a frozen lake. Ice-skating is also a noun. I love watching ice-skating on television. = skating