flutz

flutz
 n.— «Robinson pointed to the 21-year-old’s planned Lutz on Tuesday, which saw the skater take off from an outside edge, making it more of a flip, or “flutz,” in figure skating parlance.» —“Figure skaters chase gold standard” CBC.ca (Canada) Feb. 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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