WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2019
ski•er
(skē′ər),USA pronunciation n.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2019- Sporta person who skis.
- ski + -er1 1890–95
ski /ski/USA pronunciation
n., pl. skis, ski, v., skied, ski•ing.
n. [countable]
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2019n. [countable]
- Sportone of a pair of long, slender pieces of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- Sportwater ski.
v.
- Sport to travel on skis, as for sport:[no object]He skied in the snows of Colorado.
- Sport to use skis on;
travel on skis over:[~ + object]to ski the mountain regions of New England.
ski
(skē),USA pronunciation n., pl. skis, ski, v., skied, ski•ing.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
- Sportone of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
- SportSee water ski.
v.i.
- Sportto travel on skis, as for sport.
v.t.
- Sportto use skis on;
travel on skis over:to ski the slopes of Switzerland.
- Norwegian; Old Norse skīth; cognate with Old English scīd strip of wood, German Scheit thin board
- 1745–55
'skier' also found in these entries:
J-bar lift
- Jet Ski
- Killy
- Poma lift
- Vorlage
- alpinist
- cartwheel
- downhiller
- herringbone
- impedimenta
- jump turn
- kanone
- kick turn
- monoski
- paraphernalia
- quersprung
- sailer
- schussboomer
- sitzmark
- ski jump
- ski jumping
- ski tow
- skijoring
- slalom
- snowplow
- stem
- stem turn
- step turn
- telemark