figure skating

Meaning

Noun

• A sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• figure ice skating, pair skating

Origin

• figure + skating. 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.