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

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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 See all Example Sentences for ski jump 

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ski jump was in 1907

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“Ski jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ski%20jump. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.

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
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