slalom

noun, often attributive

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sla·lom | \ ˈslä-ləm

Definition of slalom

(Entry 1 of 2)

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

slalom

verb

slalomed; slaloming; slaloms

Definition of slalom (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to move over a zigzag course in or as if in a slalom

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Examples of slalom in a Sentence

Verb slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Then, four minutes later, Gavi went on a slalom run down the right flank that Dembele would be proud of and set Pedri up for his third goal in five games as the Catalans took the lead. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 His cousin Jimmy competed in the 2006 and 2010 Olympics, finishing as the top American in the slalom in Turin in 2006. — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 5 Feb. 2022 The 17-year-old captures a slalom in Zagreb, Croatia by a massive 1.19-second margin. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022 Mikaela Shiffrin has won gold medals at her previous two Olympics (the slalom in 2014 and giant slalom in 2018). — Les Carpenter, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2021 Not everyone wants to know why a certain skier fell in the slalom or those curlers went for broke with the hammer throw. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2022 The combined adds the times from one downhill run and one slalom run. — Bernie Wilson, Chron, 10 Feb. 2022 The Colorado native also created an interesting pre-Olympic wrinkle in the lead up to Beijing, beating heavy favorite Petra Vlhova in the slalom in Schladming, Austria. — Helen Regan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2022 Lindsey Vonn, who made the surprise decision to race the combined for the first time in more than two years, missed a gate in the slalom and did not finish. — The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Feb. 2015 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb West's Caleb Lewandowski won boys slalom individual title with a time of 1 minute, 0.18 seconds over his two runs, just 13 tenths of a second had of Rochester Adams' Nathan Dehart. — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2022 As the skiers slalom and snowboarders snowcross, the Chinese government is likely to be working hard behind the scenes on a perhaps even trickier feat: controlling the weather. — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022 How could anyone judge a soul bold enough to slalom through England’s entire defense in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals? — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2020 In this season, Remy challenges a self-parking Tesla Model X to a parallel-park-off in a Fiat 500, Cam slaloms a golf cart through a course made of shopping carts, and all of the kids get to use the simulators at the LA auto show. — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2020 Rafael Leão slalomed past several defenders to pull one back in style for Milan’s only real highlight. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019 Its highlight is an enormous parade of skiers and boarders decked out in Pride flags and costumes, slaloming down the mountain, and then marching through Whistler Village. — Miles Griffis, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019 On weekends, many young men drive their cars out to the desert to go off-roading, slaloming down the sides of sand dunes as spectators watch. — Wired, 26 Nov. 2019 Henrique then scored late in the second after taking the puck from Tomas Hertl and slaloming to the crease to roof a backhand. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019 See More

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