glissade
1 of 2verb
glis·sade gli-ˈsäd 
-ˈsād
-ˈsād glissaded; glissading
intransitive verb
1
: to perform a ballet glissade
2
: to slide in a standing or squatting position down a snow-covered slope without the aid of skis
glissader noun
glissade
2 of 2noun
1
: a gliding step in ballet
2
: the action of glissading
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 5 May 2022 As of Saturday, some snow was left at the top of the mountain but racers shouldn’t plan on glissading down it. Author: Kat Sorensen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2019 The best part, however, is glissading down the gully on the way back. Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018 Glissading involves sliding down a steep, snowy slope, usually while seated, and controlling the speed of the slide with the spike of an ice ax. Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017 Last year, a 24-year-old man was glissading down the pass and plunged over the edge of a waterfall hole. Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017 Steve Larese, Outside Online, 8 July 2022 Messner followed Habeler’s glissade track down on foot, marveling at the risks his friend had taken during the descent. Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2017 See More
Verb
Friction associated with the sliding and heat rising from Earth’s core together form streams of meltwater just below the sheet, lubricating the ice in some areas and facilitating those areas’ glissade off the rock and into the ocean. Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 5 May 2022 As of Saturday, some snow was left at the top of the mountain but racers shouldn’t plan on glissading down it. Author: Kat Sorensen, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2019 The best part, however, is glissading down the gully on the way back. Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018 Glissading involves sliding down a steep, snowy slope, usually while seated, and controlling the speed of the slide with the spike of an ice ax. Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017 Last year, a 24-year-old man was glissading down the pass and plunged over the edge of a waterfall hole. Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017 Noun
Stocks continued their glissade in June, although the OBJ Outdoor Index fared slightly better than the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq. Steve Larese, Outside Online, 8 July 2022 Messner followed Habeler’s glissade track down on foot, marveling at the risks his friend had taken during the descent. Grayson Schaffer, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
French, noun, slide, glissade, from glisser to slide, from Old French glicier, alteration of glier, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German glītan to glide
First Known Use
Verb
1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1