freeskiing

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noun

A form of relatively extreme skiing, often occurring away from traditional marked courses

OriginEnglish skiing ← Middle English fre ← Old English frēo →
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Meanings

nounfreeskiing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of relatively extreme skiing, often occurring away from traditional marked courses

    The same is true in freeskiing, in which skiers pull tricks on some of the same terrain as snowboarders.

    2008 January 25, Matt Higgins, “At X Games, One-Upmanship Is a Trend in High Places”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of freeski

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  3. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  5. Old Englishfrēo
  6. Middle Englishfre
  7. Englishfree
  8. Englishskiing
  9. Englishfreeskiing

From free + skiing.

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APA

freeskiing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeskiing

MLA

“freeskiing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeskiing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freeskiing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeskiing.

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