schuss

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/ʃʊs/

noun

A straight run downhill.

“When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural.”

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Meanings

nounschuss (plural schusses)

plural schusses

  1. hobbiesA straight run downhill.

    The hand slid down the schuss of material and plucked at the hem.

    1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull
verbschuss (third-person singular simple present schusses, present participle schussing, simple past and past participle schussed)

present singular third person schusses · participle present schussing · participle past schussed · past schussed

  1. To ski a schuss.

    When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural.

Origin

  1. GermanSchuss
  2. Englishschuss

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

More words from German

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Translations

Finnish oikolasku
  • oikolaskustraight run downhill
French schusser
  • schusserto ski a schuss
German Schuss, Schussfahrt
  • Schussstraight run downhill
  • Schussfahrtstraight run downhill
  • schussfahrento ski a schuss
Japanese 直滑降, 直滑降する
  • 直滑降 (chokkakkō)straight run downhill
  • 直滑降する (chokkakkō suru)to ski a schuss
Korean 직활강
  • 직활강 (jikhwalgang)straight run downhill

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with schuss

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