axel
/ˈaks(ə)l
/noun
A jump in skating from the forward outside edge of one skate to the backward outside edge of the other, with one (or more) and a half turns in the air.I did some triple jumps, everything but the lutz and the axel....
- He is also using the triple axel / triple toe loop in his long program and is working on the quadruple salchow and quadruple flip.
- The second strategic mistake was the absence of a triple axel combination or quadruple toe loop attempt in the free skate.
Origin
1930s: named after Axel R. Paulsen (1885–1938), Norwegian skater.
Rhymes
- plano-milling machine
- planont
- planorbiform
- Planorbis
- planorboid
- planosol
- planosolic
- plano-spherical
- planospiral
- planospore
- plan position indicator
- plansheer
- plansifter
- planster
- plant
- plantable
- plantad
- plantage
- Plantagenet
- plantaginaceous
- plantain
- plantain-eater
- plantain flour
- plantain lily
- plantain meal