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ski ramp nose

ski ramp 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 ramp nose

pluralski ramp noses

Questions about ski ramp nose

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

Words near ski ramp nose in the dictionary

  1. ski patroller
  2. ski patrollers
  3. ski patrols
  4. ski pole
  5. ski poles
  6. ski ramp nose
  7. ski ramp noses
  8. ski resort
  9. ski resorts
  10. ski run
  11. ski runs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ski ramp 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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