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.

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  • verb ski downhill

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From German, shot, schuss, from Middle High German schuz, shot, from Old High German scuz; see skeud- in Indo-European roots.]

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German Schuss.

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Examples

  • 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

    Notes on Olympic Skiing: 1936 1969

  • 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

    Notes on Olympic Skiing: 1936 1936

  • '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;

    Notes on Olympic Skiing: 1936 1969

  • '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;

    Notes on Olympic Skiing: 1936 1936

  • 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.

    The Recession’s Green Lining 2009

  • Whether harmless dribbles or million-ton masses more than a mile wide, avalanches tend to schuss down the same runs year after year.

    Taming The White Dragon 2008

  • They'll schuss the popular Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee slopes -- largely in response to reports of illegal drug activity.

    Parka Patrol 2008

  • 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.

    Heading for a Wipeout 2008

  • 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.

    Rocky Mountain High Life 2008

  • Feet should schuss nicely through the holiday season...

    Archive 2006-12-01 Kevin Koch 2006

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