Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make a fast straight downhill run on skis or a snowboard.
- intransitive verb Informal To ski, especially at a fast pace.
- noun A fast straight downhill run in skiing or snowboarding.
- noun A straight steep course for skiing or snowboarding.
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- noun skiing a straight run downhill
- verb To
ski a schuss.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb ski downhill
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Next comes an easy 'schuss' over rolls to Damen Start, and there a sharp left over bumps to a steep wood trail like the upper part of
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Next comes an easy 'schuss' over rolls to Damen Start, and there a sharp left over bumps to a steep wood trail like the upper part of
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'schuss' denotes a run straight downhill at top speed, 'steilhang' a steep slope, and 'knick' a sudden transformation from a steep slope to the level;
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'schuss' denotes a run straight downhill at top speed, 'steilhang' a steep slope, and 'knick' a sudden transformation from a steep slope to the level;
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To savvy snowboarders, Baikalsk has long been the beautiful resort where visitors are so few you can feel as though you own the mountain, at least temporarily: for about 5,000 rubles ($175), you can have exclusive use of one of the six long runs for the day and never see another soul as you schuss through forests.
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Whether harmless dribbles or million-ton masses more than a mile wide, avalanches tend to schuss down the same runs year after year.
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They'll schuss the popular Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee slopes -- largely in response to reports of illegal drug activity.
Parka Patrol 2008
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For travelers determined to schuss on their own K2s or Rossignols, Southwest is an attractive options — so far it isn't charging for passengers 'first piece of checked baggage.
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Some carefully juxtaposed moments: elderly fiddlers playing for money in front of pricey boutiques; begrimed miners gouging for silver ore as tonily garbed skiers schuss the pristine slopes.
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Feet should schuss nicely through the holiday season...
Archive 2006-12-01 Kevin Koch 2006
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