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figure eight

A form or representation, such as a knot or an ice-skating maneuver, that has the shape of the numeral 8.

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Noun	1.	figure eight - a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose figure of eight knot - any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
	2.	figure eight - a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice figure - a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating; "she made the best score on compulsory figures"

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