noun
lutz
luhts
Lutz (noun) means In figure skating, a jump where the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, turns counterclockwise in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. Example: “She landed a clean triple lutz in the final round.”
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In figure skating, a jump where the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, turns counterclockwise in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.
"She landed a clean triple lutz in the final round."
"The lutz is considered one of the harder jumps to master because the takeoff edge fights the direction of rotation."
"Meissner fell three times, on two triple lutzes and a triple flip, to drop from fourth, the worst performance by a defending champion in at least 50 years."
— Pat Borzi, In a Youth Movement, Nagasu Wins the Title (2008)
How to use lutz
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA tricky figure-skating jump named after the skater who first did it.
Common pairings
triple lutz
land a lutz
lutz jump
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Word forms
- Plural
- lutzes
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Etymology
Named after the Austrian skater Alois Lutz, credited with inventing the jump in the early 1910s.
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What does “lutz” mean?
The word “lutz” means in figure skating, a jump where the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, turns counterclockwise in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate. In plain terms, a tricky figure-skating jump named after the skater who first did it.
How do you pronounce “lutz”?
“Lutz” is pronounced luhts (/lʌts/ in IPA).
How do you use “lutz” in a sentence?
Here is “lutz” used in a sentence: “She landed a clean triple lutz in the final round.”
What part of speech is “lutz”?
“Lutz” is a noun.
Where does the word “lutz” come from?
The word “lutz” dates back to around 1910. Named after the Austrian skater Alois Lutz, credited with inventing the jump in the early 1910s.
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