stem turn
stem turn
noun Skiing.
a turn in which a skier stems one ski in the direction to be turned and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
Origin:
1930–35
1930–35
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To stem turn
Collins
World English Dictionary
| stem turn | |
| —n | |
| skiing Also called: stem a turn in which the heel of one ski is stemmed and the other ski is brought parallel | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Stem turn
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
