Figure skating
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates. uncountable
- 2 ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures wordnet
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From the origins of figure skating, where skaters once skated out patterns onto the ice surface, making a design on its surface. This then evolved into the compulsory figures component of figure skating, that was latterly dropped from competitive judging.