Slalom

noun

/ˈslɑː.ləm/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. (Often used attributively)

"Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport."

2.nounAny similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis.

3.nounA course used for the sport of slalom.

"These first two slaloms have sixty gates each."

4.nounA race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom.

"He has won six World Cup slaloms."

5.verbTo race in a slalom.

6.verbTo move in a slalom-like manner.

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