lutz

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/lʌts/Northern England/lʊts/

noun

A jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.

OriginGerman Lutz →
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Meanings

lutz1

nounlutz (plural lutzes)

plural lutzes

  1. figure skatingA jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, rotates counterclockwise and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.

    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.

    2008 January 27, Pat Borzi, “In a Youth Movement, Nagasu Wins the Title”, in New York Times

lutz2

nounlutz (plural lutzes)

plural lutzes

  1. A kind of marble (spherical toy) with bands of copper or goldstone flakes.

Lutz3

proper nounLutz (countable and uncountable, plural Lutzes)

plural Lutzes

  1. countableuncountableA surname from German.
  2. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

Origin

lutz · noun

From the surname of Austrian skater Alois Lutz, who invented the jump.

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Lutz · proper noun

  1. GermanLutz
  2. GermanLutz
  3. EnglishLutz

Borrowed from German Lutz.

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Translations

French lutz
  • lutzin figure skating, a type of jump

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lutz

cutsnutsbuttsgutswhat's
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Anagrams

Tzul
Cite this entry
APA

lutz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lutz

MLA

“lutz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lutz. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lutz,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lutz.

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