waterski
verb (used without object)
to plane over water on water skis or a single water ski while grasping a tow rope pulled by a speedboat.
water skier
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a word derived from
waterski.
water-skier
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a word derived from
water-ski.
water skinouna short, broad ski designed to plane over water.
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She liked teaching the skating intricacies needed in hockey and felt like all of her skills from competitive figure skating and her time as a competitive water skier in college had come together.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 25, 2022
Some of them took issue with the marriage of Vittoria’s grandfather, the exiled son of the last king, to a former competitive water skier who wasn’t a noble.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2021
The old mark for a water skier being towed by a blimp or airship was nearly 5 miles.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2018
He’d been fit most of his life—he was an avid water skier and maintained a calisthenics routine that included push-ups, crunches and chair dips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2016
He coasted on downwinds, rode like a water skier on turbulent winds, and soared on light breezes.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
A hot-dog water-skier helps a lake-camp owner compete against a woman who wants his land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2020
"Steve was the love of my life," she wrote, remembering him as a "teddy bear," an excellent water-skier and an inveterate gardener of peppers, garlic, onions and cilantro — "everything needed to make salsa."
From US News ● Oct. 13, 2016
The unlucky water-skier is mentioned in Willie Morris’ 1967 memoir of growing up in Mississippi, North Toward Home.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2014
On the Potomac river in the US state of Maryland, a water-skier dressed as Santa Claus was joined by another in a reindeer outfit on Christmas Eve.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2013
I’ve never seen a water-skier wear a helmet, but as he pointed out, on the off-chance anything happens in the water.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2011
