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schuss

[ shoos, shoos ]

noun

  1. a straight downhill run at high speed.


verb (used without object)

  1. to execute a schuss.

verb (used with object)

  1. to schuss over:

    to schuss the slopes around Aspen.

schuss

/ ʃʊ /

noun

  1. a straight high-speed downhill run
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to perform a schuss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲs noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of schuss1

1935–40; < German; cognate with shot 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of schuss1

German: shot 1
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Watching racers whizz through the Tofana schuss at top speed could be the signature image of the skiing world championships.

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Until the advent of the chairlift in the 1930s, skiers had to trek up the mountain before they could schuss down.

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Then I click into my bindings, add a few layers to my body and schuss down.

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Ski poles over wand, beep-beep-beep-beep-beeeeep, two pushes, two strides, and schuss.

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How could this well-behaved mix of Anglo and French Canadians pull up to the parking lot, throw on their skis and schuss without pause down to the icy St. Lawrence River below?

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