noun
axel
AK-suhl
noun
1
A figure-skating jump in which the skater takes off from the outside edge of one skate, rotates one and a half times (or more) in the air, and lands on the opposite foot.
"She landed a clean triple axel in the free skate."
"The commentators gasped when he attempted a quadruple axel."
verb
1
To perform an axel jump.
"He axeled cleanly out of the combination."
How to Use Axel
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA spinning jump in figure skating, named after the man who invented it.
Common pairings
triple axel
land an axel
attempt an axel
Word Forms
axeled past tense, axelled past tense, axels plural, Axels plural, axels singular
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Etymology
Named after the Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, who first performed the jump in 1882.