often attributive
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
slalomed; slaloming; slaloms
: to move over a zigzag course in or as if in a slalom
Examples of slalom in a Sentence
Verb
slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier
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Noelle Salmi, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2025
To accommodate the growing program, events will be held in venues across L.A. and Orange counties while extending even outside the state to Oklahoma City, where softball and canoe slalom competitions will be held.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Less than 30 seconds after Sherwood’s goal, Pettersson slalomed into the Sharks’ zone off the rush and feathered an east-west pass across to Jake DeBrusk.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Ski at the birthplace of downhill and slalom racing.
—Noelle Salmi, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2025
To accommodate the growing program, events will be held in venues across L.A. and Orange counties while extending even outside the state to Oklahoma City, where softball and canoe slalom competitions will be held.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Verb
But there’s also nobody better in the WSL at battling in midfield, making tackles, winning fouls and slaloming away from opponents in a congested midfield zone.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 18 May 2025
Less than 30 seconds after Sherwood’s goal, Pettersson slalomed into the Sharks’ zone off the rush and feathered an east-west pass across to Jake DeBrusk.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Slalom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slalom. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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