: a backward figure-skating jump with a takeoff from the outside edge of one skate followed by a full turn in the air and a landing on the outside edge of the other skate

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There are six types of jumps in skating in order of difficulty: the toe loop, the loop, the salchow, the flip, the lutz and the Axel, named after its creator Axel Paulsen. Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 The lutz sometimes comes at the end of a relatively long glide, especially in women’s skating. Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022 Their secret weapon is side-by-side triple lutzes, the hardest side-by-side jump in the event. Chris Schleicher, Time, 14 Feb. 2018 Shcherbakova, who also won last month’s Skate America, included a triple lutz-triple loop combination and three more triples. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019 See All Example Sentences for lutz

Word History

Etymology

probably irregular from Gustave Lussi †1993 American (Swiss-born) figure-skating coach

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lutz was in 1938

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“Lutz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lutz. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.

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