figure-eights
Infinity-shaped skating patterns
Figure-eights are shapes or movements tracing the numeral 8—two connected loops.
Ice skaters perform figure-eights as a basic maneuver, and the pattern appears in knitting, flying, and rope work.
The shape suggests continuous, flowing motion that crosses itself: The hawk traced lazy figure-eights above the field.
Also spelled figure eights.
Water's solid form
- rinkEnclosed skating surface
- skatesWheeled or bladed footwear
- axelRotating ice leap
- lutzBackward-edge skating jump
salchow · spin · edges · crossovers · compulsory · tracings · blades · glide
Suspended recreational seat
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- salsaSpicy tomato condiment
- partneredJoined with another
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
twirl · waltz · choreography · movement · cha-cha · quickstep · lindy-hop · jitterbug
Curve closing on itself
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- interlaceWeave elements together
- tracedFollowed back to origin
- continuousWithout pause or gap
crossing · symmetrical · curved · overlapping · geometric · repeating · intertwined · weaving
ice
Water's solid form
lutz · salchow · spin · edges · crossovers · compulsory · tracings · blades · glide · choreography
swing
Suspended recreational seat
footwork · twirl · waltz · choreography · movement · cha-cha · quickstep · lindy-hop · jitterbug · turns
loop
Curve closing on itself
continuous · crossing · symmetrical · curved · overlapping · geometric · repeating · intertwined · weaving · spirograph
rope
Thick twisted fibers
climbing · nautical · stopper · follow-through · rewoven · carabiner · belay · rappel · rigging · cordage
aerobatics
Spectacular aircraft maneuvers
pilot · airshow · Cuban · rolling · horizontal · vertical · wingover · loop · acrobatic · flight
figure-eightsstraight lines
Unbent one-dimensional figures
beelines · straightaways · forward motion · zigzags · spirals
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