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

The large avalanche struck in the late morning as four guides and 11 clients were skiing out to return to civilization at the end of a three-day backcountry-skiing trip to Frog Lake Huts. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Their analysis can include access to skiing, quality of the town, available amenities, ease of travel and the amount of comparable real estate likely to enter the market. — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Others have more unique specialties, like the girl representing Wisconsin who has been involved in her local show water skiing community for years, social media posts show. — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Toberman, a former real estate developer in the United States and France, stays fit by playing pickleball nearly every day, usually for two hours at a time, along with water and snow skiing. — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 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