ski jumping

noun

1. a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ski jumping¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Clark and Smith took me out for a ski-jumping lesson this morning.

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Ski-jumping to the ordinarily constituted person who tries it for the first time is extremely alarming.

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I came leaping clumsily from point to point with my pole, like a ski-jumping Norwegian, risking my neck at every bound.

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The age limit kept the smaller boys from all hope of taking part, but they at once organized a ski jumping contest of their own.

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This was followed by snow-balling and fancy ski jumping until time to bid each other good-by.

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