slalom
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slalom
- /ˈslɑː.ləm/ UK
- /ˈslɔ.ləm/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːləm
Where it comes from
From Norwegian sla (“steep, hill side”) and låm (“trail”).
noun slaloms
- The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport.
- Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes, land vehicles, and water skis. But as we slalom up the driveway, swerving around parked parents dropping off their kids, and screech to a halt by the entrance, it turns out to be one motion too many.
- A progression through a series of difficulties or sudden vicissitudes. 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 Rejected would-be mercenary pilot, failed Jesuit novice, unpublished writer of pornography… yet for all these failures I had a tenacious faith in myself, a messiah as yet without
- A course used for the sport of slalom. These first two slaloms have sixty gates each.
- A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom. He has won six World Cup slaloms.
- Short for autoslalom
verb slaloms · slaloming · slalomed
- To race in a slalom.
- To move in a slalom-like manner. Snow fell, swirled, slalomed past our windows.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ski, parallel slalom, banked slalom, slopestyle, slat, luge, giant slalom, snow-skiing, ski run, downhill skiing, downhill, ski jump, ski slope, bobsled, combined, bobsleigh
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noun sports
| Español | eslalon |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | スラローム surarōmu |
| 中文 | 障礙滑雪 /障碍滑雪 zhàng'ài huáxuě |
| Português | slalom |
| Français | slalom |
| Deutsch | Slalom |
| Română | slalom |
| Русский | сла́лом slálom |
| العربية | تَزَلُّجٌ مُتَعَرِّج tazallujun mutaʕarrij |
noun course used for the sport of slalom
| Deutsch | Slalom |
|---|
noun race or competition
| Deutsch | Slalom |
|---|
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