ski jump

noun

: a jump made by a person wearing skis

also : a course or track especially prepared for such jumping

ski jump intransitive verb

ski jumper noun

Examples of ski jump in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The case for rebuilding the ski jump is that the city, as well as the surrounding communities, would benefit from an influx of skiers and spectators. —Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024

Moreover, project advocates said, in recent years, the ski jump it has been used as a summer viewing platform. —Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024

As usual, the program then cut briefly to the Olympics at the end of the news: foreign specialists praising technical aspects of Sochi’s ski jumps and speed-skating track. —Ellen Mickiewicz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2014

One cottage, known as the Hour Glass, houses the town’s historical society, which keeps records of the ski jump that went up on top of a dune in 1927 and the Prairie-style house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939. —Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

ski jump

noun

1

: a jump made by a person wearing skis

2

: a specially prepared course or track from which a skier makes a jump

ski jump verb

ski jumper noun