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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 lifts
  2. ski lodge
  3. ski lodges
  4. ski mask
  5. ski masks
  6. ski nose
  7. ski noses
  8. ski orienteering
  9. ski patrol
  10. ski patroller
  11. ski patrollers

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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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