skiing

UK/ˈski.ɪŋ/US/ˈski.ɪŋ/

nounA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,091 of 15,258leans written

Skiing is sliding down snowy slopes on two long boards fixed to your boots. Go skiing, learn to ski, a skiing holiday.

Downhill or alpine skiing is the resort kind; cross-country or nordic skiing is done on flatter ground and is closer to how skis were originally used, for travel. Ski lift, piste, off-piste and après-ski are the standard vocabulary. Note that ski is pronounced skee, that skiing keeps both i's, and that the verb is ski, skied, skiing — one of the odder spellings in English.

Definitions of skiing

1nounskiingSliding down snowy slopes on two long boards.A2+
“We went skiing in the Alps and spent the evenings by the fire.”

skiing is a winter sport.

Practised in Sports & Fitness, Sports & Games Played

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skiing in the wild

Biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
Biathlon
Competitive cross-country skiing is one of the Nordic skiing sports.
Cross-country skiing
Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS).
Skiing
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping.
Nordic combined
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships host these sports every odd-numbered year, but there are also separate championships in other events, such as Telemark skiing and ski flying.
Nordic skiing

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