English word senses marked with topical category "Skating"

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Total 33 word senses

• Choctaw (Noun) A Choctaw turn.
• Dutch roll (Noun) Skating repetitively to right and left on the outer edge of one's skates.
• PEN (Noun) Abbreviation of penalty. (a scorecard score when a skater is penalized out of their skate)
• T-stop (Noun) A method of stopping by placing one foot perpendicular to, and behind, the other, thereby forming a T shape.
• T-stop (Verb) To perform a T-stop.
• barrel jump (Noun) A jump in barrel jumping. A jump over barrels following a buildup of speed on ice skates.
• boot out (Verb) To fall or slide out of a turn due to excessive lean, which causes the athlete's boot to contact and pivot on the surface and the proper surface contact element to lose contact and traction.
• do a Bradbury (Verb) To triumph unexpectedly in a sporting event, especially due to luck or the misfortune of others.
• duck walk (Noun) A means of acceleration, moving with each foot turned 45 degrees from the forward position.
• grapevine (Noun) A move in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other, while both remaining on the ice or ground, incorporating half-turns.
• heel turn (Noun) A turn executed by shifting weight on to the heel(s).
• hockey stop (Noun) A method of stopping by rapidly bringing the feet perpendicular to the direction of motion.
• hockey stop (Verb) To perform a hockey stop.
• icecross (Noun) An ice skating sport, involving racing over an obstacle course similar to that found in snowboardcross, skiercross, or BMX.
• inside edge (Noun) The edge of the blade or side of the wheels facing towards the other foot.
• inside edge (Verb) To place one's weight on the inside edge of the skate, thereby moving in a curve in that direction.
• outside edge (Noun) The edge of the blade or side of the wheels facing away from the other foot.
• outside edge (Verb) To place one's weight on the outside edge of the skate, thereby moving in a curve in that direction.
• outskate (Verb) To skate better than.
• overpush (Noun) A movement of the leading leg laterally under the body, generating momentum
• quad (Noun) Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.; A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
• quadruple (Noun) A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
• ramp (Noun) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
• scissor (Verb) To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
• scissors (Noun) A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
• skating (Noun) A method of propulsion, where one moves similar to how a skater propels themselves. A technique in skiing, where a ski is planted diagonally, to push off of, and one slides forward on the ski facing straight forward, and then repeats the process with the swapping of the feet's actions.
• snowplow (Noun) A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.
• speed skater (Noun) A person who competes in the sport of speed skating.
• transition (Noun) A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
• turn stop (Noun) A move by which the skater reverses direction and comes to a halt by means of the toe stops.
• twizzle (Noun) A figure skating maneuver that is a surface spin that travels across the ice.
• twizzle (Verb) To perform the twizzle maneuver.
• underpush (Noun) A movement of the trailing leg laterally under the body, generating momentum.

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