figure skating

noun

: skating characterized by the performance of various jumps, spins, and dance movements and formerly by the tracing of prescribed figures
figure skater noun

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Serpentine is set in a seemingly quiet New England town where organized crime, crooked cops, buried secrets and the intensely competitive world of figure skating begin to collide. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 Mikhail Shaidorov fell in his biggest competition since winning Olympic figure skating gold, leaving Adam Siao Him Fa with a commanding lead at the Grand Prix de France on Saturday. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 The time-lapse portrait of Barbora Vránková, a three-time Czech figure skating champion, captures a pivotal period in her life between the ages of 15 and 18. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026 The gold medalist famously quit figure skating at 16 before coming back on her own terms ahead of this winter's Olympics. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for figure skating

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First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of figure skating was in 1834

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figure skating

noun
: skating in which the skaters move in exact patterns and also perform various jumps and turns

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