Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

big air

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.19 in modern English

Syllables
big air
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to obtain height and time in the air to perform acrobatic maneuvers, and land on a landing slope.

Uncountable

Etymology

From big + air.

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

slopestyle

Questions

What does big air mean?
A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to obtain height and time in the air to perform acrobatic maneuvers, and land on a landing slope.
Where does big air come from?
From big + air.

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