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lutz

Syllabification: (lutz)
Pronunciation: /ləts, lo͝ots/
(also Lutz)
Definition of lutz

noun

Figure Skating
  • a jump with a backward takeoff from the backward outside edge of one skate to the backward outside edge of the other, with one or more full turns in the air.

Origin:

1930s: probably from the name of Gustave Lussi (born 1898), who invented it

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