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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figure skater noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of figure skating¹

First recorded in 1865–70

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When not writing, Chung can be found figure skating, watching horror movies, or looking at pictures of weird fish.

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Eileen had a lot of work from figure skating at the time and said it was "extra special" to capture the Nottingham pair's famous gold.

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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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