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

Examples of figure skating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Olympic figure skating partners and real-life couple Chris and Alexa Knierim are expecting their first baby! —Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025

Ilia Malinin is figure skating’s ‘Quad God’ In 2022, a 17-year-old Ilia Malinin was left off the three-man Olympic team due to his inexperience despite placing second at the U.S. Championships. —Nick Zaccardi, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025

When not writing, Chung can be found figure skating, watching horror movies, or looking at pictures of weird fish. —Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025

Weeks after competing at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Alysa Liu announced her retirement from competitive figure skating. —Megan Sauer, CNBC, 12 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for figure skating

• accelerating
• accentuating
• accommodating
• accumulating
• adjudicating
• administrating
• affiliating
• agglutinating
• alienating
• alleviating
• amalgamating
• ameliorating

Kids Definition

figure skating

noun

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