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ski-nose

ski-nose is the alternative form of ski-jump nose.

Meaning of ski-jump nose

Noun

ski-jump nose (plural ski-jump noses)

  1. (idiomatic) A long nose with an inwardly curving ridge and a tip that curves somewhat upward, resembling the shape of a downhill ramp used in the sport of ski jumping.
    • [T]he liberal Democratic image of Vice President Richard M. Nixon as a jowly, blue-jawed villain with a ski-jump nose has receded in the light of his growing stature.1960 January 18, “The Press: The Old Caricature”, in Time, retrieved 05 Apr 2018

Forms of ski-nose

pluralski-noses

Questions about ski-nose

What is ski-nose the alternative form of?
Ski-nose is the alternative form of ski-jump nose.

Words near ski-nose in the dictionary

  1. ski-bikes
  2. ski-jump
  3. ski-jump nose
  4. ski-jump noses
  5. ski-jumps
  6. ski-nose
  7. ski-noses
  8. ski-ramp nose
  9. ski-ramp noses
  10. ski-resort
  11. ski-resorts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ski-nose (page history and authors); ski-jump nose (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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