axel
a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
Origin of axel
1Words that may be confused with axel
- axel , axle
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a male given name.
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How to use axel in a sentence
Her teammate, Wakaba Higuchi — who landed a triple axel in her short and long programs at the Olympics, the first to pull off this feat since Mao Asada in 2014 — is also in contention for a medal.
Russia’s Figure Skating Ban Will Reverberate For Years To Come | Dvora Meyers | March 21, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightLiu, who won her first senior national championship at age 13 with a triple axel and a stunning array of other triple jumps, has grown several inches in the past two years and hasn’t been as consistent in landing them.
Olympic Women’s Figure Skating Short Program Proceeds Under Shadow of Russian Doping Controversy | Alice Park | February 15, 2022 | TimeDespite being in eighth place after the short program, Hanyu had a weapon that could have propelled him to the medals podium—a quadruple axel.
She executed a perfectly balanced short program, which highlighted her elegant and balletic lines as well as her technical prowess with a textbook triple axel, a triple flip and a triple Lutz-triple toe loop jump combination.
U.S. Enters Team Skating Finals in Medal Position at Beijing Olympics | Alice Park | February 6, 2022 | TimeAs axel, Danielsen Lie explores the virile fragility of male middle age, the way hard-earned confidence and success are never enough to protect your heart.
The Worst Person in the World Is a Gorgeous, Bittersweet—and Ruthless—Comedy | Stephanie Zacharek | February 4, 2022 | Time
Four prisoners, axel and Oscar (who turned out to be good guys) and Tomas and Andrew (thugs), all died as well.
A Primer For ‘The Walking Dead’ Season Four Premiere | Melissa Leon | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHow did Obama pull off this political equivalent of a triple axel?
Obama’s Plan to Announce Afghanistan Withdrawal at NATO Summit Is Shrewd Politics | Peter Beinart | May 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIs an Adrian or an Austin more likely to be sensitive; an axel more of a renegade; an Andrew more of an old-fashioned guy?
2010's Hot Boy Baby Name Trend | Pamela Redmond Satran/Nameberry | November 9, 2010 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom axel Olrik, though my debt to him is heavy, I find myself differing on several questions.
Beowulf | R. W. ChambersAnd she seemed to like Sir axel's company—as, indeed, most people would.
Mrs. Maxon Protests | Anthony HopeBut Sir axel and his assiduity enhanced her value and buttressed her independence.
Mrs. Maxon Protests | Anthony HopeNow axel Martini had taken part in the “May-combat” this year, and had come off victorious.
Royal Highness | Thomas MannSomething tells me that things won't be right between axel and me again.
Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter | August Strindberg
British Dictionary definitions for axel
/ (ˈæksəl) /
skating a jump in which the skater takes off from the forward outside edge of one skate, makes one and a half, two and a half, or three and a half turns in the air, and lands on the backward outside edge of the other skate
Origin of axel
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