slalom

A skiing sport in which you turn repeatedly to pass between pairs of poles down a slope.

• She enjoys slalom.
• Slalom requires quick turns on steep snow.
• He switched from downhill skiing to slalom.

Common phrases: giant slalom, slalom skiing, practise slalom

A race in which competitors follow a course with a series of marked turns.

• She won the slalom.
• He entered three slaloms this winter.
• Who finished first in yesterday’s slalom?

Common phrases: win a slalom, enter a slalom, the final slalom

A sport in which you steer a boat or another vehicle through a series of marked turns.

• He trains in canoe slalom.
• Water ski slalom demands balance and careful steering.
• She took up kayak slalom last summer.

Common phrases: canoe slalom, water ski slalom, kayak slalom

A course with marked turns that skiers or other competitors must follow.

• This slalom has forty gates.
• Workers marked out a slalom on the slope.
• The two slaloms differ in length and difficulty.

Similar words: slalom course

Common phrases: a steep slalom, set a slalom, a difficult slalom

To compete in a race that requires repeated turns through marked points.

• They slalom every winter.
• She slalomed through the gates faster than her rivals.
• He hopes to slalom competitively next season.

Common phrases: slalom down something, slalom through gates

To move forward while turning from side to side around things in your way.

• She slalomed between parked cars.
• The cyclist slaloms through the morning traffic.
• We had to slalom around boxes in the hallway.

How to use it: slalom through something (He slalomed through the crowd.); slalom around something (We slalomed around the fallen branches.)

Similar words: weave, zigzag

Common phrases: slalom through traffic, slalom between cars, slalom around obstacles