əˌmɑrk noun ( sometimes initial capital letter ) Skiing.
a turn in which a skier places one ski far forward of the other and gradually angles the tip of the forward ski inward in the direction to be turned.
Origin:
1905–10; named after Telemark, a Norwegian county
1905–10; named after Telemark, a Norwegian county
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| —n | |
| 1. | skiing a turn in which one ski is placed far forward of the other and turned gradually inwards |
| 2. | a step in ballroom dancing involving a heel pivot |
| [C20: named after Telemark, county in Norway] | |
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Telemark
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| 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. |
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