plural skis also ski
1
a
: one of a pair of narrow strips of wood, metal, or plastic curving upward in front that are used especially for gliding over snow
b
2
: a piece of material that resembles a ski and is used as a runner on a vehicle
: to glide on skis in travel or as a sport
: to travel or pass over on skis
skier
noun
Examples of ski in a Sentence
Verb
I have skied that mountain before.
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Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
According to The New York Times, the pair met twice—first while at a ski resort in Canada and later in Deer Valley, Utah.
Kennedy Jr.—who is the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy—and Hines have seven children in their blended family.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Vance Hughes is headed to CU Boulder this fall to study psychology — and ski in his downtime.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 27 July 2025
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Noun
Cohen, whose station sits within a twenty-five-mile radius of three ski resorts in one of the wealthiest communities in the country, told me that supporters contributed about ten thousand dollars in one day to KHOL.
—Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2025
According to The New York Times, the pair met twice—first while at a ski resort in Canada and later in Deer Valley, Utah.
Kennedy Jr.—who is the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy—and Hines have seven children in their blended family.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Decades later, the family was forever changed when Richardson fell and hit her head while skiing at Quebec's Mont Tremblant.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Vance Hughes is headed to CU Boulder this fall to study psychology — and ski in his downtime.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 27 July 2025
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“Ski.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ski. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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ski
1 of 2 noun
plural skis
: one of a pair of narrow strips of wood, metal, or plastic curving upward in front that are used for gliding over snow or water
ski
2 of 2 verb
skied; skiing
: to glide on skis
skier
noun
Etymology
Noun
from Norwegian ski "a ski," from an early Norse word skīth "a stick of wood"
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