slalom
/ˈslɔ.ləm/ noun C1- The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. · Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport.· The slalom gates are set closer together.
- Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes, land vehicles, and water skis.
- A progression through a series of difficulties or sudden vicissitudes.
- A course used for the sport of slalom. · These first two slaloms have sixty gates each.
- A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom. · He has won six World Cup slaloms.
Plural slaloms
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