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noun

a one-piece pullover covering for the head and face, generally of knitted material with holes for the eyes, the mouth, and sometimes the nose, originally worn by skiers and used to protect the face against cold and wind.

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Origin of ski mask

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby ski mask

skill-less, skill set, skilly, Skil Saw, skim, ski mask, skimble-scamble, skimboard, skimmed milk, skimmer, skimmerton

How to use ski mask in a sentence

Police said they found an assault weapon in a stairwell and a second gun wrapped in a ski mask and hidden under an ice machine in a fifth-floor hallway.
Shootout in downtown D.C. hotel room leaves one man dead|Peter Hermann|July 12, 2021|Washington Post
He we was reported conscious at the scene, and police said they were looking for a gold sedan with two men wearing ski masks.
Three men killed, several wounded in spate of shootings in District|Peter Hermann, Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff|June 30, 2021|Washington Post
When William Palmer was 17, he put on a ski mask and tried to rob a man — a crime that landed him in prison for three decades.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage|Jennifer Miller|May 24, 2021|Washington Post
He bought a ski mask and, after a day of smoking marijuana and playing Monopoly with a friend, took an unloaded pistol to a nearby apartment complex.
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage|Jennifer Miller|May 24, 2021|Washington Post

The police report said one of the suspects, thought to have been holding the handgun, was wearing an olive jacket, blue jeans and a ski mask, while another was wearing a multicolored jacket with blue sweatpants and red slides.
Ex-NFL player says he was shot while pumping air into tires at gas station|Des Bieler|December 10, 2020|Washington Post
A spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness|Ronald K. Fried|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, what this map really showed was the fallacy of aggregates – and how statistics can mask real cultural shifts.
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Andorra is a tax haven with bargain luxury goods shopping and great ski slopes.
Up to a Point: Thanks to the Biggest Turkey, Uncle Sam|P. J. O’Rourke|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ski resorts are a business, and one that can be quite fickle—a bad snow season means poor revenues.
Solar Powered Ski Lift|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For others life is but a foolish leisure with mock activities and mimic avocations to mask its uselessness.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He laid it upon the floor, and took out a plaster mask, and brushing and blowing off the saw-dust, held it up.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
He flourished in one hand his red mask and in the other a pompon which he had extracted from his pocket.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Aristide in a hideous red mask and with a bag of confetti under his arm, plunged with enthusiasm into the revelry.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke