ice skating with emphasis, esp. formerly, on the tracing of elaborate figures on the ice by the performer and, now, on athletic leaps and spins, displays of agility, etc.
figure skating
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figure skating
noun
Ice-skating consisting of one or more planned sequences of required and optional spins, jumps, and dancelike maneuvers, originally consisting of a program in which the skater traced prescribed, usually elaborate figures.
Related Forms:
- figure skate
verb
- figure skater
noun
figure skating
Vanessa James (foreground) and Yannick Bonheur (background) of France at the 2009 ISU World Team Trophy figure skating team competition
Tokyo, Japan
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Hyponyms
- figure ice skating, pair skating
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Sentence Examples
- Interpretive Ice Skating: Athletes train for years to compete as dancers for the Winter Olympic figure-skating championships.
WORDS NEAR figure skating IN THE DICTIONARY
- figure skating
- figure-space
- figure-up
- figured