ski jumping

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noun

a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.

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Origin of ski jumping

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby ski jumping

skiff, skiffle, skiing, skijoring, ski jump, ski jumping, Skikda, skilfish, skilful, ski lift, skill

How to use ski jumping in a sentence

Clark and Smith took me out for a ski-jumping lesson this morning.
Down the Yellowstone|Lewis R. Freeman
Ski-jumping to the ordinarily constituted person who tries it for the first time is extremely alarming.
How To Ski and How Not To|Vivian Caulfeild
I came leaping clumsily from point to point with my pole, like a ski-jumping Norwegian, risking my neck at every bound.
Lords of the North|A. C. Laut
The age limit kept the smaller boys from all hope of taking part, but they at once organized a ski jumping contest of their own.
Our Little Finnish Cousin|Clara Vostrovsky Winlow

This was followed by snow-balling and fancy ski jumping until time to bid each other good-by.
Our Little Finnish Cousin|Clara Vostrovsky Winlow