skiing

noun

ski·​ing ˈskē-iŋ 

: the art or sport of sliding and jumping on skis

Examples of skiing in a Sentence

Skiing is my favorite winter activity.

We are planning to go skiing tomorrow.

Recent Examples on the Web

Unlike many of its counterparts in the Mountain West—including Aspen and Telluride, in Colorado, and Jackson, across the Yellowstone caldera in Wyoming—the community of Big Sky didn't exist before skiing arrived. — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026

Skaha Bluffs Park is one of the country’s top destinations for rock climbing, while SilverStar and Big White Ski Resort offer mountain biking and hiking trails in the summer and skiing in the winter. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026

Several other sports communities, such as archery, canoeing, rowing, sailing, skiing, and volleyball, imposed penalties on Russia and Belarus as well. — Mark Temnycky, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Adrian, creative and energetic from childhood on—and raised in the presence of movie cameras—became a filmmaker himself, fusing a passion for extreme skiing with his cinematic sensibility. — Marina Harss, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing skiing

• heli-skiing

Rhymes for skiing

• agreeing
• decreeing
• foreseeing
• nonbeing
• sightseeing
• unseeing
• being
• feeing
• fleeing
• freeing
• keying
• kiang

Kids Definition

skiing

noun

ski·​ing

ˈskē-iŋ

: the art or sport of gliding and jumping on skis