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Definition of "layback" [layback]

  • A spin in figure skating in which the skater's upper body is arched backward. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "layback" in a sentence
  • "But her spins were nowhere near as difficult as her jumps, and her layback was the main reason she was third behind Nagasu and Cohen."
  • "The next move I need to make is a power move, a layback where the foothold is at hip height and tricky to balance on, and which will require a good deal of strength, especially since I need to use the momentum to lunge up to the next handhold."
  • "And basically I just couldn't make myself step off the footholds onto the layback and do it."
Words like "layback"
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