Definitions
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- noun someone who engages in ice skating
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Examples
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"It's what we call the ice-skater effect," David Kerridge, head of Earth hazards and systems at the British Geological Survey in Edinburgh told Bloomberg.
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"Careful!" she laughed as she struggled to stay standing like a bad ice-skater.
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If an ice-skater is spinning slowly with their arms spread out, and then they pull their arms in towards them, they will begin to spin much faster … this time, informally, we could say that slower ‘wide spinning’ has been transformed into faster ‘narrow spinning’.
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If an ice-skater is spinning slowly with their arms spread out, and then they pull their arms in towards them, they will begin to spin much faster … this time, informally, we could say that slower ‘wide spinning’ has been transformed into faster ‘narrow spinning’.
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Other rumored celebs who have expressed interest in joining Dancing with the Stars are Kate Gosselin, Olympic ice-skater Evan Lysacek, Olympic diver Greg Louganis, and Kevin Federline.
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In the case of the ice-skater, the conserved quantity is something called ‘angular momentum’.
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In the case of the ice-skater, the conserved quantity is something called ‘angular momentum’.
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As a child and young teenager, she trained as an ice-skater and had Olympic aspirations, but dropped those plans after suffering a series of injuries.
'Spidey' Villain Awaits Her Fate Erica Orden 2011
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The tile entry was slick in his socks, and he felt a bit like a beginner ice-skater feeling his way, but the rubber stopper on the end of the cane gave him security as Eva led him toward the back of the house.
Bodily Harm Robert Dugoni 2010
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Meh, somehow I don't think I'm ever going to be an ice-skater.
Archive 2008-11-01 HayleyM 2008
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