often attributive
1
: skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)
2
: a timed race (as on skis or in an automobile or kayak) over a winding or zigzag course past a series of flags or markers
broadly
: movement over a zigzag route
slalomed; slaloming; slaloms
: to move over a zigzag course in or as if in a slalom
Examples of slalom in a Sentence
Verb
slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier
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Lisa Thorn, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Photo: Getty Images Neither member of this all-star athletic pair is a stranger to smashing records; at 18 years old, Shiffrin became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in slalom skiing in 2014, and Aamodt, her Norwegian fiancé, won big at the 2020 World Cup.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 July 2024
Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 July 2024
The steering's lack of feel would have probably made the 500e less than fun on a twisty road, but the Fiat's smallness lent it confidence-inspiring agility while slaloming through slow traffic.
—Stephen Edelstein, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024
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Noun
There are 24 skaters on the slalom skateboarding team.
—Lisa Thorn, The Mercury News, 7 July 2024
Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Photo: Getty Images Neither member of this all-star athletic pair is a stranger to smashing records; at 18 years old, Shiffrin became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in slalom skiing in 2014, and Aamodt, her Norwegian fiancé, won big at the 2020 World Cup.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 July 2024
Verb
For 66 years now, the space agency has achieved sublime things—robots on Mars, boots on the moon, spacecraft slaloming through the rings and moons of the outer planets.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 July 2024
The steering's lack of feel would have probably made the 500e less than fun on a twisty road, but the Fiat's smallness lent it confidence-inspiring agility while slaloming through slow traffic.
—Stephen Edelstein, Ars Technica, 9 Apr. 2024
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“Slalom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slalom. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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