downhillern.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊnˌhɪlə/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌhɪlər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downhill adv., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < downhill adv. + -er suffix¹.With sense 3 compare earlier downhilling n.

†1. A person regarded as going downhill (see downhill adv. 2); one who is in a deteriorating (physical or moral) condition. Obsolete rare.

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1849 Prairie Farmer Mar. 101 Here we begin to slide over to the other side [of the hill]... We shall dispatch the downhillers... One..never pays any debt if he can get rid of it.

1886 Weekly Detroit Free Press 31 July 1/1 We begin the reluctant descent [into old age.]..; our course is now downward... We down-hillers are not without our consolations.

2. Golf. A putt in which the ball is struck downhill towards the hole.

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1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 8 Dec. 9/4 A short down-hiller on a keen green.

1969 Oakland (Calif.) Sunday Tribune 12 Jan. 46/1 He holed another downhiller from eight feet at the 16th.

1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Oct. 56 At the 11th I got a great putt for birdie. It was a downhiller and fast.

2004 Golf Punk Dec. 111/2 I focus on leaving myself the best possible putt coming back, so on downhillers I make sure the ball goes past the hole.

3. Sport (chiefly Skiing and mountain biking). A person who specializes in downhill racing.

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1936 N.Y. Times 12 Dec. 22/1 Charley Proctor, coach at Harvard, and Norwood Cox, two of the most distinguished American-born down-hillers.

1954 Montana Standard 28 Feb. 27/1 He was..primarily a downhiller and less a slalomist.

1977 Financial Times 28 Mar. 2/5 These preponderance of these latter disciplines in the World Cup makes it impossible for a good downhiller to beat a good slalom skier when both are specialists.

1993 Cycling Weekly 16 Jan. 23/2 His bike handling is exceptional and he's a very good technical downhiller.

2017 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Mar. 8 The Perthshire downhiller returned to the slopes a mere 11 weeks after her horrific injury.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downhiller
释义	downhillern. Brit. /ˈdaʊnˌhɪlə/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌhɪlər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downhill adv., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < downhill adv. + -er suffix¹.With sense 3 compare earlier downhilling n. †1. A person regarded as going downhill (see downhill adv. 2); one who is in a deteriorating (physical or moral) condition. Obsolete rare. ΚΠ 1849 Prairie Farmer Mar. 101 Here we begin to slide over to the other side [of the hill]... We shall dispatch the downhillers... One..never pays any debt if he can get rid of it. 1886 Weekly Detroit Free Press 31 July 1/1 We begin the reluctant descent [into old age.]..; our course is now downward... We down-hillers are not without our consolations. 2. Golf. A putt in which the ball is struck downhill towards the hole. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > types of shot or stroke putta1754 like1790 drive1829 tee-shot1850 gobble1857 push shot1865 iron shot1870 push stroke1873 drive-off1884 slice1886 raker1888 foozle1890 hook1890 iron1890 top1890 sclaff1893 brassy shot1894 run1894 chip shot1899 chip1903 pull1903 skimmer1903 draw shot1904 brassy1906 pitch-and-run1908 windcheater1909 air shot1920 chip-in1921 explosion1924 downhiller1925 blast1927 driver1927 shank1927 socket1927 recovery1937 whiff1952 pinsplitter1961 comebacker1965 bump-and-run1981 1925 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Telegram 8 Dec. 9/4 A short down-hiller on a keen green. 1969 Oakland (Calif.) Sunday Tribune 12 Jan. 46/1 He holed another downhiller from eight feet at the 16th. 1987 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 12 Oct. 56 At the 11th I got a great putt for birdie. It was a downhiller and fast. 2004 Golf Punk Dec. 111/2 I focus on leaving myself the best possible putt coming back, so on downhillers I make sure the ball goes past the hole. 3. Sport (chiefly Skiing and mountain biking). A person who specializes in downhill racing. ΚΠ 1936 N.Y. Times 12 Dec. 22/1 Charley Proctor, coach at Harvard, and Norwood Cox, two of the most distinguished American-born down-hillers. 1954 Montana Standard 28 Feb. 27/1 He was..primarily a downhiller and less a slalomist. 1977 Financial Times 28 Mar. 2/5 These preponderance of these latter disciplines in the World Cup makes it impossible for a good downhiller to beat a good slalom skier when both are specialists. 1993 Cycling Weekly 16 Jan. 23/2 His bike handling is exceptional and he's a very good technical downhiller. 2017 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Mar. 8 The Perthshire downhiller returned to the slopes a mere 11 weeks after her horrific injury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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