salchow

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UK/ˈsalkɒv/UK/ˈsalkəʊ/

noun

A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.

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Meanings

nounsalchow (plural salchows)

plural salchows

  1. A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.

    Naomi Nari Nam and Themi Leftheris had a chance to grab a world team spot after Inoue and Baldwin stumbled, but Nam fell to a knee trying to land a throw triple salchow and also fell on the next throw, a triple loop.

    2007 January 27, Lynn Zinser, “Sights Set on Title, Meissner Is All Smiles”, in New York Times
verbsalchow (third-person singular simple present salchows, present participle salchowing, simple past and past participle salchowed)

present singular third person salchows · participle present salchowing · participle past salchowed · past salchowed

  1. intransitiveTo perform a figure skating jump of this kind.

Origin

Named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.

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Cite this entry
APA

salchow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salchow

MLA

“salchow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salchow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salchow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salchow.

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