schuss

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See also: Schuss and Schuß

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃʊs/
  • Rhymes: -ʊs
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

schuss (plural schusses)

  1. (skiing) A straight run downhill.
    • 1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull:
      The hand slid down the schuss of material and plucked at the hem.

Translations

Verb

schuss (third-person singular simple present schusses, present participle schussing, simple past and past participle schussed)

  1. To ski a schuss.
    When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural.

Translations

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “semantic loan from ult. from stloppus?”)

Noun

schuss ?

  1. (Luserna) gentian

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

schuss m (plural schuss)

  1. schuss

Derived terms

Adverb

schuss

  1. quickly
    Il y va tout schuss. ― He's off like a shot.

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