Lutz jump — The Lutz is a figure skating jump, named after Alois Lutzcite book |last=Yamaguchi |first=Kristi |authorlink=Kristi Yamaguchi |coauthors= Christy Ness, Jody Meacham |title=Figure Skating for Dummies |year=1997 |publisher=Hungry Minds |location=… … Wikipedia
Lutz — may refer to:People with the surname Lutz*Adolfo Lutz, Brazilian physician*Alois Lutz, Austrian figure skater, for whom the Lutz jump is named *Al Lutz, American internet journalist *Berta Lutz, Brazilian scientist and feminist *Bob Lutz,… … Wikipedia
Lutz Dombrowski — (born June 25 1959 in Zwickau) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion.Dombrowski was the best long jumper ever to come out of the former East Germany. After winning at the European cup in 1979 he won the gold medal at the … Wikipedia
lutz — type of skating jump, 1932, from the name Alois Lutz, an obscure Austrian skater of the 1920s [James R. Hines, Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating, 2011], who is said to have first performed it in 1913 … Etymology dictionary
Lutz — [luts] n. pl. Lutzes [also l ] a jump in figure skating in which the skater takes off from one skate, does one full turn in the air, and lands on the other skate: cf. AXEL … English World dictionary
lutz — [lʊts] noun a jump in skating from the backward outside edge of one skate to the backward outside edge of the other, with a full turn in the air. Origin 1930s: named after the Austrian skater Alois Lutz (1899–1918) … English new terms dictionary
lutz — noun Etymology: probably irregular from Gustave Lussi died 1993 American (Swiss born) figure skating coach Date: 1938 a backward figure skating jump with a takeoff from the outside edge of one skate followed by a full turn in the air and a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Lutz — /luts/, n. (sometimes l.c.) Skating. a jump in which the skater leaps from the back outer edge of one skate to make one full rotation in the air and lands on the back outer edge of the opposite skate. [1935 40; allegedly after Gustave Lussi (born … Universalium
lutz — noun [ˈluts/ a) 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. b) light … Wiktionary
lutz — n. jump in figure skating from the back edge of one skate then making one full rotation and landing on the back edge of the other skate … English contemporary dictionary
Lutz — [[t]lʌts[/t]] n. spo (sometimes l.c.) a figure skating jump in which the skater leaps from the back outer edge of one skate to make one full rotation in the air and lands on the back outer edge of the other skate • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
