This page gathers the 116 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Skiing”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples.
- 10 noun Clipping of 1080 (“1080° spin”).
- 16 noun Clipping of 1620 (“1620° spin”).
- 3 noun Clipping of 360 (“360° spin”).
- aerial skiing noun A freestyle skiing discipline where athletes ski down a slope to launch themselves off a kicker (a vertically inclined ramp) and perform…
- aerialist noun A specialist in aerials, a freestyle skiing discipline.
- alpine adj Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
- alpine combined noun An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers.
- alpine skier noun A skier who specializes in alpine skiing (the disciplines of super-G, giant slalom, slalom, downhill)
- alpinist adj Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.
- ball up verb To become covered in damp snow.
- big air noun A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to…
- black diamond noun A symbol representing a steep and relatively difficult trail, typically of a 40% gradient or above.
- blue square noun On a trail map, an indicator of a ski slope of intermediate difficulty, steeper and narrower than a green circle, and with a gradient of…
- bluebird adj Sunny and cloudless after a period of snowfall or rain.
- boilerplate noun Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous for skiing.
- boot out verb To fall or slide out of a turn due to excessive lean, which causes the athlete's boot to contact and pivot on the surface and the proper…
- bunny adj Easy or unchallenging.
- butter verb To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the…
- buttered adj Of a turn, achieved by the buttering action.
- buttering noun The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.
- Canuck noun Chiefly as Crazy Canuck: a member of the Canadian alpine ski team.
- carver noun A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.
- combined noun Ellipsis of alpine combined.
- cork adj Having the property of a head over heels rotation.
- couloir noun A steep gorge along a mountainside.
- cross-country skiing noun A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.
- crud noun A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.
- cruisy adj Leisurely.
- double black diamond noun On a trail map, an indicator of the most difficult and dangerous terrain designed for expert skiers and snowboarders, with a gradient of…
- double full noun An aerialist maneuver consisting of 2 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with two complete twists.
- double grab noun A trick that involves grabbing the board, skis, or motorbike with both hands during a jump
- double pole verb To ski by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together…
- double poled adj Pertaining to double poling.
- double poling noun A method of propulsion, where the skier goes forward by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet…
- double-pole technique noun Synonym of double poling.
- downhiller noun A skier who participates in the downhill.
- edge control noun The controlled use and placement of the edge of a skate, ski, or snowboard.
- fall line noun The imaginary line downhill that something falling downhill would naturally follow.
- fartbag noun A onesie used in skiing.
- flat out noun A section of piste that is relatively flat, causing or allowing skiers to slow down.
- flush noun A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- freestyle noun A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.
- freshie noun Freshly fallen snow.
- fudd noun A type of fat ski that flares out at the ends.
- gelande noun terrain, area.
- giant slalom noun An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater…
- green circle noun On a trail map, an indicator of a ski slope of the least difficulty, that is usually wide, open, and groomed, with a gradient of 0–25%.
- groomer noun A piste serviced by snow groomers.
- half-pipe noun A structure used to perform tricks, approximately semicircular in cross-section, resembling the bottom half of a cylinder lying down.
- herringbone verb To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.
- hockey stop noun A method of stopping by rapidly bringing the feet perpendicular to the direction of motion.
- huck noun A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.
- hurricane noun "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists…
- knuckle verb To land on the knuckle (noun sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
- magic carpet noun A conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders.
- mashed potatoes noun Partially melted snow with a pulpy texture, making for slow skiing.
- mogul verb To ski over a course of humps or bumps.
- nordic adj Of or relating to cross-country skiing or ski jumping.
- Nordic combined noun An event in which individual skiers take part in runs on a cross-country skiing course and a ski jumping hill.
- Nordic skiing noun nordic skiing, including cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping.
- off-trail adj Synonym of off-piste (“not prepared or designated for skiing”).
- outrigger noun A type of ski pole, with skis attached at the bottom, instead of the spike/pick found on a normal pole. It is used in downhill skiing…
- outrun noun In ski jumping, the flat or uphill area past the landing point, where the skier can slow down.
- pack out verb To become quite compacted; to become tightly-packed.
- parallel giant slalom noun A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical…
- parallel slalom noun A discipline of alpine skiing, a variant of slalom. A sport where two skiers compete head to head on parallel identical slalom courses.
- piste noun A downhill trail.
- pizza noun snowplow: a maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.
- powder monkey noun A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).
- pregrab noun A trick where the performer grabs their board/ski prior to a jump, instead of after the take-off, and keeps grabbing onto their device for…
- prerelease noun An inadvertent (premature) release of a skiboot from the bindings of a ski, caused by excessive vibration, such as going over an extremely…
- punchy adj Of groomed snow: unable to support the weight of a skier, especially when the skier’s weight is all on one ski, resulting in a ski punching…
- quarter-pipe noun A structure used to perform tricks, approximately half the size of a half-pipe, similar in appearance to having a quarter of a circle in…
- ragdoll verb To be flung about so that the limbs move loosely.
- randy noun A Two-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver.
- rudy noun An acrobatic maneuver involving two and a half twists.
- run noun A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
- runout noun A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
- schuss noun A straight run downhill.
- skate adj Pertaining to the technique of skating.
- skating noun A method of propulsion, where one moves similar to how a skater propels themselves. A technique in skiing, where a ski is planted…
- ski bazaar noun A used ski equipment sale event organized by a ski hill, ski club, ski team, ski store, or ski enthusiasts, where old ski equipment, be it…
- ski bunny noun An attractive female at a ski resort, especially one who is more interested in being seen than in skiing.
- ski jump noun The ramp used in the sport of ski jumping
- ski-through adj Of a ski lodge or other hotel establishment: providing skiers with the service of transporting their equipment, luggage, and vehicles to…
- skidance noun A freestyle skiing event, a form of performance dance on alpine skis, performed across flats and choreographed to music.
- skier day noun A day of skiing purchased in a ski area, used to measure the number of skiers in any one particular ski area. A season pass is generally…
- skin up verb To travel uphill on skis or a splitboard.
- slap-back noun a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and…
- slat noun A ski.
- snowplow noun A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.
- speed skier noun A skier who specializes in speed skiing, the speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The…
- speed skiing noun The speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine…
- speedskier noun Alternative spelling of speed skier (formal alpine skiing of super-G and downhill)
- speedskiing noun Alternative spelling of speed skiing (super-G and downhill of formal alpine skiing)
- stem verb To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
- stivot noun A steering pivot turn, a type of rapid turn in alpine skiing. A turn that starts a as a skid, and transitions to a carve.
- striding noun A technique for propelling forward that appears similar to walking, where a foot slides forward on the opposite side of a pole being…
- sucker tracks noun Tracks left by an experienced skier in a closed or dangerous area that may be followed by a less experienced skier who does not understand…
- superpipe noun A large halfpipe, used in certain gravity-based extreme sports such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing
- T-bar noun A type of ski lift where skiers/snowboarders are dragged up the ski run while they slide along on their skis/snowboards on the slope. They…
- technical skier noun A skier who specializes in technical skiing, the technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom.…
- technical skiing noun The technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine…
- telemark noun Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.
- telemark skiing noun A method of skiing using the telemark turn and using a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country…
- telemark turn noun A turn led with the heel flat on the downhill ski while the uphill ski is pulled beneath the skier's body with a flexed knee and raised…
- tranny noun A transition between moves.
- traverse verb To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.
- triple-full noun An aerialist maneuver consisting of 3 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with three complete twists.
- truck driver noun A freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large…
- underflip noun An acrobatic maneuver, initiated while in mid-air, performing a backflip by flicking one's head back over one shoulder, making the body…
- uphill verb To travel uphill.
- wedeln noun A series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.
- wicket noun A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.
- windboard noun The hard crust formed by high winds on exposed snow.
- yard sale adj Pertaining to a yardsale (bad crash).