| Definitions | | slalom |
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noun
- (uncountable) (context, sports) The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. (Often used attributively)
- Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport.
- The gates are set closer together.
- (uncountable) Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis.
- (countable) (context, sports) A course used for the sport of slalom.
- These first two slaloms have sixty gates each.
- (countable) (context, sports) A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom.
- He has won six World Cup slaloms.
Translations: - German: Slalom
- Spanish: eslalon
Etymology: From Norwegian sla (steep, hill side) and lím (trail).
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