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noun
1.
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
verb (used without object)
3.
to travel on skis, as for sport.
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verb (used with object)
4.
to use skis on; travel on skis over: to ski the slopes of Switzerland.
Also, skee.
Origin:
1745–55; < Norwegian; Old Norse skīth; cognate with Old English scīd strip of wood, German Scheit thin board
1745–55; < Norwegian; Old Norse skīth; cognate with Old English scīd strip of wood, German Scheit thin board
Related forms
ski·a·ble, adjective
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Word Origin & History
ski
1885 (there is an isolated instance from 1755), from Norw. ski, related to O.N. skið "snowshoe," lit. "stick of wood," cognate with O.E. scid "stick of wood," obs. Eng. shide; O.H.G. skit, Ger. Scheit "log," from P.Gmc. *skid- "to divide, split," from PIE base *skei- "to cut, split" (see
EXPAND shed (v.)). The verb is 1893, from the noun. ski-jumper is from 1894; ski bum first attested 1960.
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