Explore Slalom through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like ski. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Slalom meaning
- The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.
- Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis.
- A course used for the sport of slalom.
Synonyms of Slalom
Using Slalom
- The main meaning on this page is: The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. | Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis. | A course used for the sport of slalom.
- Useful related words include: ski race, skiing race, ski.
- In the example corpus, slalom often appears in combinations such as: giant slalom, slalom and, the slalom.
Context around Slalom
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slalom
- In this selection, "slalom" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, giant, two, canoe, events, races and pole stand out and add context to how "slalom" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and giant slalom and a complete slalom water ski. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slalom" sits close to words such as activating, antwerp and asymmetric, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slalom
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Slalom and variants of slalom were often referred to as hill races. (12 words)
The girls team received 30 points in the slalom and 28 in the giant slalom. (15 words)
Canoe slalom events at Tokyo 2020 are set to run from July 26 to 31 at the Canoe Slalom Course. (20 words)
Shiffrin, who will be 25 on March 13, is traditionally a slalom and giant slalom specialist but her second career downhill victory has cemented her lead at the top of the standings as she chases a fourth straight World Cup overall season title. (43 words)
She began the season with 97 World Cup wins and there are three races before the Killington Cup — one Giant Slalom and two Slalom races, she won both Slaloms setting her up to possibly win her 100th at Killington. (39 words)
Hirscher, a technical specialist who did not enter the race, will be expected to reclaim the lead during a stretch of five giant slalom and slalom events over a seven-day span beginning on Sunday in Alta Badia. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Neveplast cooling hole has a comparable diameter to the F.I.S. slalom pole standards used for training and competition in both slalom and giant slalom.
She began the season with 97 World Cup wins and there are three races before the Killington Cup — one Giant Slalom and two Slalom races, she won both Slaloms setting her up to possibly win her 100th at Killington.
Canoe slalom events at Tokyo 2020 are set to run from July 26 to 31 at the Canoe Slalom Course.
Shiffrin, who will be 25 on March 13, is traditionally a slalom and giant slalom specialist but her second career downhill victory has cemented her lead at the top of the standings as she chases a fourth straight World Cup overall season title.
The World Cup slalom champion from Slovakia was on the podium in all four races so far, having finished third in the season-opening giant slalom in October.
United States star Mikaela Shiffrin is not in the upscale Swiss resort after opting to focus on training in her specialist technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
The girls team received 30 points in the slalom and 28 in the giant slalom.
Hirscher, a technical specialist who did not enter the race, will be expected to reclaim the lead during a stretch of five giant slalom and slalom events over a seven-day span beginning on Sunday in Alta Badia.
Ledecka was the junior FIS snowboarding world champion in both the parallel slalom and the parallel giant slalom in 2013.
Michelle Salt, who placed fourth in LLI snowboard cross, finished fifth in her banked slalom event; Sandrine Hamel also placed fifth in the LL2 banked slalom.
On 12 August with Golds in both Pro Slalom and Giant Slalom, Leo was the overall winner of the 2018 Division 5 Land Rover King of The Mountain series held at Mt Buller.
Shiffrin is undefeated in 2018, winning the past four World Cup events, including two slalom victories, one giant slalom and a city event win in Oslo, Norway on New Year’s Day.
Still, the 28-year-old Hirscher lacks an Olympic title heading to the Pyeonchang Games in South Korea next month when he should start favourite in slalom and giant slalom.
The women head to St. Mortiz, Switzerland for World Cup for slalom, super-G and parallel slalom races Saturday and Sunday.
Three North Koreans will compete in the cross-country skiing and another three in the Alpine skiing slalom and giant slalom events.
Alpine consists of giant slalom and slalom which is a competition in which the agility and ability to make sharp turns of the snowboarders are tested.
His form was definitely off, and he fell a few yards after the start of the downhill, lost a binding in the slalom, and finished fifth in the giant slalom, in which he had been the heavy favorite.
Slalom and variants of slalom were often referred to as hill races.
Slalom skiing involves a multi-buoy course that the skier must go around in order to complete the pass. A complete slalom water ski course consists of 26 buoys.
Tonje Sekse competes in the slalom Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates.
Common combinations with slalom
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- giant slalom 60×
- slalom and 28×
- the slalom 18×
- slalom in 13×
- canoe slalom 10×
- slalom course 8×
- and slalom 6×
- slalom at 6×
- slalom races 5×
- cup slalom 5×