schuss

American  

[shoos, shoos] / ʃʊs, ʃus /

noun

1. a straight downhill run at high speed.

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verb (used without object)

1. to execute a schuss.

verb (used with object)

1. to schuss over.

   to schuss the slopes around Aspen.

schuss British  

/ ʃʊs /

noun

1. a straight high-speed downhill run

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verb

1. (intr) to perform a schuss

Other Word Forms

• schusser noun

Etymology

Origin of schuss

1935–40; < German; cognate with shot ¹

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times

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

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post

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

From The New Yorker

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?

From New York Times