Definitions for slalomˈslɑ ləm, -loʊm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sla•lomˈslɑ ləm, -loʊm(n.)

  1. a downhill ski race over a winding and zigzag course marked by poles or gates.

    Category: Sport

  2. any winding or zigzag course marked by obstacles or barriers.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. (v.i.)to ski in or as if in a slalom.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Sport

  4. to move on or as if on a course with many twists and turns; zigzag; weave.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  5. (adj.)designating, pertaining to, or for a zigzag course with obstacles, barriers, or the like.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of slalom:

1920–25; < Norw slalåm=sla(d) sloping +låm track

Princeton's WordNet

  1. slalom(verb)

    a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles

  2. slalom(verb)

    race on skis around obstacles

Wiktionary

  1. slalom(Noun)

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

  2. slalom(Noun)

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

  3. slalom(Noun)

    A course used for the sport of slalom.

    These first two slaloms have sixty gates each.

  4. slalom(Noun)

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

    He has won six World Cup slaloms.

  5. slalom(Verb)

    To race in a slalom.

  6. Origin: From sla and låm.


Translations for slalom

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

slalom(noun)

a ski race down a winding course marked by flags; a similar race for canoes or in skiwater

a slalom race; a slalom course.

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