snowboardcross

noun

snow·​board·​cross ˈsnō-ˌbȯrd-ˌkrȯs How to pronounce snowboardcross (audio)
: a snowboard race that includes jumps and turns

Examples of snowboardcross in a Sentence

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Lindsey Jacobellis won the USA's first gold Wednesday in snowboardcross. USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022 The prize: Gold, mixed team snowboardcross. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2022 Lindsey Jacobellis, 36, won her second gold medal of the Games, finishing first alongside teammate Nick Baumgartner in the debut of mixed-gender team snowboardcross. Editors, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2022 Italy took silver in the mixed-gender snowboardcross, and Canada won bronze. Grayson Quay, The Week, 12 Feb. 2022 See all Example Sentences for snowboardcross 

Word History

Etymology

snowboard + -cross (as in motocross)

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snowboardcross was in 1996

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“Snowboardcross.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowboardcross. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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