Definition
The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.
In Context
- "Harding had seemed physically discomfited earlier as she awaited her marks in the kiss and cry corner."
- "The seating area where skaters wait for the judges' scores is called the "kiss and cry" for good reason."
- "With cameras in their faces, figure skaters awaiting their scores in the kiss-and-cry area offer a scene unlike any other."
- "The deafening crowd . . . chanted and stomped their feet when Stolbova and Klimov came on the ice and Canada's pairs skaters were still sitting in the kiss and cry waiting for their scores."