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

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

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

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 • Nov. 26, 2018

This week’s new snow will enable the skiers to tackle the Streif’s whole length, from its near-vertical start to the fiendish icy traverse and the spine-jarring compressions of the final schuss.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2016

Which would have been sublime had I been headed to a slope-side condominium to schuss the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for the week.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2011

Thousands of his countrymen crossed the border to watch him schuss to victory, his well-known white cap topped with streamers, his bright white smile gleaming under dark goggles.

From Time Magazine Archive