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giant slalom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
gi-ant s-lalom
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.

noun

An Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.

Etymology

From giant + slalom. * (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns. * (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.

Inflected Forms

giant slaloms (plural)

Derived Forms

GS SG SGS PGS

Phrases

Super-G Super G Super-GS Super GS super giant slalom parallel giant slalom

Frequently Paired Words

slalom super-G downhill downhill skiing parallel slalom alpine combined parallel giant slalom

Questions

What does giant slalom mean?
An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.
Where does giant slalom come from?
From giant + slalom. * (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns. * (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.

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