SLALOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slalom mean? 

• SLALOM (noun)
  The noun SLALOM has 1 sense:

1. a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles

  Familiarity information: SLALOM used as a noun is very rare.

• SLALOM (verb)
  The verb SLALOM has 1 sense:

1. race on skis around obstacles

  Familiarity information: SLALOM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLALOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("slalom" is a kind of...):

ski race; skiing race (a race between people wearing skis)

Derivation:

slalom (race on skis around obstacles)

• SLALOM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they slalom    ... he / she / it slaloms   
Past simple: slalomed   
Past participle: slalomed   
-ing form: slaloming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Race on skis around obstacles

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "slalom" is one way to...):

ski (move along on skis)

"Slalom" entails doing...:

crank; zigzag (travel along a zigzag path)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

slalom (a downhill race over a winding course defined by upright poles)