Meanings
noungiant slalom (plural giant slaloms)
plural giant slaloms
- hobbiesAn Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.
- hobbiesAn Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.
Origin
From giant + slalom. * (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns. * (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish suurpujottelu
- suurpujotteluskiing discipline
German Riesenslalom, Riesentorlauf
- Riesenslalomskiing discipline
- Riesentorlaufskiing discipline
Japanese 大回転
- 大回転 (daikaiten)skiing discipline
Romanian slalom uriaș
- slalom uriașskiing discipline
Swedish storslalom
- storslalomskiing discipline
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giant slalom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giant%20slalom
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Chicago
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