often attributive
1
: skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)
2
: a timed race (as on skis or in an automobile or kayak) over a winding or zigzag course past a series of flags or markers
broadly
: movement over a zigzag route
slalomed; slaloming; slaloms
: to move over a zigzag course in or as if in a slalom
Examples of slalom in a Sentence
Verb
slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier
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Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Equestrian will take place in Temecula, Calif., about 85 miles southeast of L.A. Softball and canoe slalom, due to the lack of existing venues in Los Angeles that can host the sports, will take place in Oklahoma City, more than 1,500 miles and two time zones away.
—Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Josh Max, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
For 66 years now, the space agency has achieved sublime things—robots on Mars, boots on the moon, spacecraft slaloming through the rings and moons of the outer planets.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 July 2024
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Noun
The group has already announced that canoe slalom and softball will take place in Oklahoma City.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Equestrian will take place in Temecula, Calif., about 85 miles southeast of L.A. Softball and canoe slalom, due to the lack of existing venues in Los Angeles that can host the sports, will take place in Oklahoma City, more than 1,500 miles and two time zones away.
—Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
Verb
Never has a truck been so able to slalom, squeeze past and wedge in and out of traffic as this as squirt, but the Maverick’s smallness is an asset, not a liability.
—Josh Max, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
For 66 years now, the space agency has achieved sublime things—robots on Mars, boots on the moon, spacecraft slaloming through the rings and moons of the outer planets.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 July 2024
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“Slalom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slalom. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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