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Slalom

//ˈslɑː.ləm// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. attributive, often, uncountable

    "Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport."

  2. 2
    a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles wordnet
  3. 3
    Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis. uncountable

    "Disowned by my father... I began an erratic and increasingly steep slalom. Rejected would-be mercenary pilot, failed Jesuit novice, unpublished writer of pornography… yet for all these failures I had a tenacious faith in myself, a messiah as yet without"

  4. 4
    A course used for the sport of slalom. countable

    "These first two slaloms have sixty gates each."

  5. 5
    A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom. countable

    "He has won six World Cup slaloms."

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  1. 6
    Short for autoslalom abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To race in a slalom. intransitive
  2. 2
    race on skis around obstacles wordnet
  3. 3
    To move in a slalom-like manner. intransitive

    "Snow fell, swirled, slalomed past our windows."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Norwegian sla (“steep, hill side”) and låm (“trail”).

Etymology 2

From Norwegian sla (“steep, hill side”) and låm (“trail”).

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