FIGURE SKATING Definition & Meaning

figure skating

noun

ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
a type of ice skating developed from this, emphasizing jumps, spins, and other movements that combine athletic skills and dance techniques.
a competitive sport in which the skater is required to execute school figures and to perform one or more original programs of difficult jumps, spins, etc., to a musical setting.

figure skating

noun

ice skating in which the skater traces outlines of selected patterns
the whole art of skating, as distinct from skating at speed

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Derived Forms

figure skater, noun

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

figure skater noun

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of figure skating¹

First recorded in 1865–70

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Fridays after school and figure skating practice, I’d set out the lineup — chocolate chips, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, Crisco — pressing the dough into fat, craggy mounds on my mom’s old cookie sheets.

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Since finishing 10th in at the 2022 Beijing Games, Fear and Gibson have made no secret of their ambition to reach the podium in Italy for a first British Olympic figure skating medal since 1994.

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Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won Great Britain's first figure skating World Championship medal in more than 40 years with ice dance bronze in Boston.

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It was home to 10 of the 18 members of the US figure skating team killed in a plane crash on the way to the 1961 world championships in Prague.

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"Olivia not only excelled in figure skating programs but inspired others through her talent, determination and sportsmanship," Prince George's County Parks and Recreation said in a statement reported by CBS News.

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