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skiing

[ skee-ing ]

noun

  1. the act or sport of gliding on skis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of skiing1

First recorded in 1890–95; ski + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Our second favorite option for skiing is the disposable hand warmer from brands like HotHands or Little Hotties.

Snowboarding requires less dexterity than skiing, and since mittens are warmer than gloves, they are the way to go.

In addition to providing a new challenge — not that I have yet met the challenge of becoming a confident all-mountain skier on traditional Alpine skis — telemark skiing allows you to ski uphill.

I was guiding five of my favorite heli-skiing clients in some of the world’s best backcountry tree skiing.

When planning for a full day of skiing, you want to be sure you have the best gloves.

Power generation and production is not the sort of activity one usually associates with skiing.

Skiing would appear to be the ultimate off-the-grid activity.

Sargent said they went skiing in Vail and fishing in Cabo but also talked business.

Prince Harry and his girlfriend Cressida Bonas are reported today to have gone on a skiing trip to Kazakhstan earlier this month.

Texas natives, the week marked the first time skiing for him and his wife.

There were sports like swimming, mountain climbing, and skiing.

On those occasions Mertz gave us some fine exhibitions of skiing, of which art he was a consummate master.

An Adelie penguin, skiing on its breast from the north, surprised us suddenly by a loud croak at the rear of the sledge.

A landsman would have said that my progress resembled pumping a rhapsody on a pianola, or skiing in the Alps.

He chattered amiably about the experiences on that and other skiing trips, directing his words solely to Jerry.

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