water ski
noun
a short, broad ski designed to plane over water.
water-skiing
-
a word derived from
water-ski.
Example Sentences
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Puech, among other endeavors, helped to launch a couture business that eventually declared bankruptcy and dabbled as a water-skiing instructor, but in recent decades he lived almost entirely off the dividends from his Hermès shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
General precautions include avoiding wading, swimming and jet- and water-skiing in water containing harmful algal blooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
People were water-skiing and paddle-boarding — a vision of a diminished world, neither destroyed nor preserved but decayed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
The paper was where we first learned that my close friend’s father had died in a Mississippi water-skiing accident.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
Her water-skiing moves have been featured in the movie Anchorman and in the music video for country musician Brad Paisley’s song “River Bank.”
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2021
