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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

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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