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Definitions for Axel

[1] a jump performed by a skater leaping from the front outer edge of one skate into the air to make 1½ rotations of the body and landing on the back outer edge of the other skate.
[2] a male given name.
[3] skating a jump in which the skater takes off from the forward outside edge of one skate, makes one and a half, two and a half, or three and a half turns in the air, and lands on the backward outside edge of the other skate

Words nearby Axel

axa, axanthopsia, axe, axe-breaker, axebird, axel, axel heiberg, axelrod, axeman, axenic, axes

Origin of Axel

First recorded in 1925–30; after Axel Paulsen (1855–1938), Norwegian figure skater, who popularized the maneuver

Words that may be confused with Axel

axel, axle

Word origin for Axel

C20: named after Axel Paulsen (died 1938), Norwegian skater