axel
noun
- (often capitalized) a jump in figure skating from the outer forward edge of one skate with 1¹/₂, 2¹/₂, 3¹/₂, or 4¹/₂ turns taken in the air and a return to the outer backward edge of the other skate
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈæk.səl/
name
Etymology: From Danish Aksel, first used for the bishop and statesman Absalon Hvide (1128–1201), from biblical Absalom. Some sources suggest that the bishop was originally named Áskell, from Old Norse "god" + "cauldron, helmet", and Absalon was chosen as the nearest-sounding Christian equivalent, leading to the exchange of the middle consonants.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages in quiet use since the 19th century.
“The riots began after misinformation circulated widely online about the identity and motives of the suspect in the Southport murders, who was named on Thursday as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana. The media had been unable to name the teenager, who was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, because he is under 18.”
- A surname.
noun
- Misspelling of axle.
“This end of the Axel is to be faſten'd into a Wheel, exactly like thoſe, which are us'd in many Places, for the roaſting Meat.”
“Ten 4-wheel hose wagons, three with ballbearing axels and one with roller-bearing axels, all manufactured in the city.”
verb
Etymology: Named after Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), who in 1882 became the first to perform the jump.
- To perform a jump of this kind.