giant slalomn.
/ˌdʒʌɪənt ˈslɑːləm/, U.S. /ˌdʒaɪənt ˈslɑləm/ Skiing.
An Alpine skiing discipline run over a long, fast course, featuring wide turns between widely spaced gates; a competition on such a course. Also: any similar event in other sports.
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slalom1921
langlauf1927
downhill1929
giant slalom1937
slaloming1956
super giant slalom1981
Super-G1982
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > types of
cross-country1905
telemarking1905
ski-joring1920
downhill1926
langlauf1927
giant slalom1937
ski-touring1960
schussbooming1961
grass skiing1964
X-C (or XC) skiing1972
heli-skiing1974
ski-walking1974
randonnée1977
sit-skiing1981
off-piste1986
snowblading1993
1937 Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinel 2 Apr. 17/2 Prospects were good today for the last big competitive skiing spree of the season—the giant slalom—to be held Sunday.
1977 Skateboard Special Sept. 5/1 For a giant slalom the cones are laid out from side to side with widely varying distances between each one.
1987 Daily Tel. 26 Jan. 28/8 Zurbriggen..has now won four of the eight World Cup downhills this season, and both the Adelboden giant slaloms.
1994 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Mar. c15/3 The competition will help determine the first U.S. snowboard team next spring. Riders will compete in giant slalom, slalom and a half-pipe competition.
2001 Times 21 Mar. i. 32/6 Chemmy Alcott..has been skiing World and Europa Cup giant slaloms this season.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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