Idiom
kiss and cry
Meaning
The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The skater waited in the kiss and cry for her scores.”
“After finishing her routine, she skated over to the kiss and cry to see if she had won a medal.”
“The cameras zoomed in on the athlete's anxious face as she sat in the kiss and cry, waiting for the judges to reveal her final score.”
Examples
simple
“The skater waited in the kiss and cry for her scores.”
contextual
“After finishing her routine, she skated over to the kiss and cry to see if she had won a medal.”
complex
“The cameras zoomed in on the athlete's anxious face as she sat in the kiss and cry, waiting for the judges to reveal her final score.”
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