skiing
/ˈski.ɪŋ/
skiing is the present participle and gerund of ski.
Meaning of ski
Verb
ski (third-person singular simple present skis or skies, present participle skiing, simple past and past participle skied)
- To move on skis.
- Townsend hare inhabit this area, particularly above the cabin, and a skier is likely to have one explode from a tree well and disappear into the whiteness as he skis by. Life is a constant bivouac for them -- they spend days huddled in tree wells during storms -- but I suspect they are as content...2014, Patrick Armstrong, The Log of a Snow Survey, →ISBN
- To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).
- We spent the winter holidays skiing the Alps
Noun
skiing (uncountable)
- A group of sports using skis as primary equipment.
- Editor John Torinus could enlighten us on wineology, crosscountry skiing, sailing and the joys and pains of being an editor.1975 August 24, Knauf, “Let’s chip in, buy Novitiate”, in Sunday Post-Crescent, page B-3
Forms of skiing
| alternative form (rare) | skiïng |
|---|
Words formed from skiing
- aerial skiing
- alpine skiing
- après-skiing
- ballet skiing
- caterpillar skiing
- classic skiing
- cross-country skiing
- downhill skiing
- extreme skiing
- free-heel skiing
- freeskiing
- freestyle skiing
- heli-skiing
- heliskiing
- mogul skiing
- monoskiing
- nonskiing
- nordic skiing
- para alpine skiing
- para-nordic skiing
- paranordic skiing
- para Nordic skiing
- paraskiing
- para skiing
- para-skiing
- rollerskiing
- skate skiing
- snow-skiing
- speed skiing
- technical skiing
- telemark skiing
- water-skiing
- water skiing
Phrases with skiing
Words that rhyme with skiing
Questions about skiing
- What does skiing mean?
- Skiing means a group of sports using skis as primary equipment.
- What is skiing the present participle and gerund of?
- Skiing is the present participle and gerund of ski.
- What part of speech is skiing?
- Skiing is a noun.
- How do you pronounce skiing?
- Skiing is pronounced /ˈski.ɪŋ/.
Words near skiing in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skiing (page history and authors); ski (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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