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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water skiing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter ski-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sport of riding on water skis, whilst being towed by a motorboat.

verb

present participle and gerund of water ski

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

water-skiing (alternative) waterskiing (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

wakeboarding

Synonyms

water-skiing waterskiing

Questions

What does water skiing mean?
The sport of riding on water skis, whilst being towed by a motorboat.

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