Axel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈæk.səl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Axel is a noun meaning (figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
Meaning
(figure skating) A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, figure skating) To perform a jump of this kind.
- Misspelling of axle.
Example Sentences
Men had to do triple Axels or at least attempt them with tenacity.
Ten 4-wheel hose wagons, three with ballbearing axels and one with roller-bearing axels, all manufactured in the city.
This end of the Axel is to be faſten'd into a Wheel, exactly like thoſe, which are us'd in many Places, for the roaſting Meat.
Wylie, however, landed his Olympic axels beautifully and electrified the crowd as he capped a skating career that began at age three in Aspen, Colorado, when he followed two older sisters onto the ice.
Word Forms
- axels
- axeling
- axelling
- axeled
- axelled
Related Words
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