toe loop

noun

: a backward jump in figure skating with a takeoff from the outside edge of one skate followed by a full turn in the air and a landing on the outside edge of the same skate

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Malinin planned to open with his quad axel in combination with a triple toe loop but settled for only a quad flip. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026 Nakai, too, squandered roughly six points for downgrading a planned triple lutz-triple toe loop combination. — Bora Erden, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026 Petrosian is the only skater in the current Olympic field capable of the highly difficult quadruple toe loop jump. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 19 Feb. 2026 Close to 40 years later, the quadruple toe loop has become normalized, appearing successively in more programs in each of the past four Games. — Robert Samuels, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for toe loop

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First Known Use

circa 1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of toe loop was circa 1964

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“Toe loop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toe%20loop. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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