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orbiteer

[ awr-bi-teer ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to climb (a mountain) in a circular fashion as opposed to scaling.


verb (used without object)

  1. to climb a mountain in this way.
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Other Words From

  • orbi·teering noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of orbiteer1

First recorded in 1985–90; orbit ( def ) (in the sense “move in an orbital or elliptical path”) + -eer ( def ); possibly coined by Edward “Ned” Gillette (1945-98), U.S. mountaineer, skier, and author
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Example Sentences

Orders for the Orbiteer have already run over 775,000.

Knox's brainchild, the Orbiteer, is to the Frisbie* what the Fairlane is to the model T. An 18-in. soft-plastic disk of six blades extending from the hub, with a handle shaped like the ionizer of a space station, it is thrown into the wind on an axis perpendicular to the ground.

Inventor Knox, 35, a designer of medical instruments, owns the Orbiteer outright through the Knox Instrument Co., of which he is president.

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