wintry

en-adj

wintry (comparative wintrier, superlative wintriest)

wintrier (comparative)
wintriest (superlative)

[ˈwɪɾ̃(ə)ɹi]

From winter + -y; compare Old English wintriġ (a parallel formation).

wintry weather

A faded, and an ancient dragon he was; and many a wintry storm of rain, snow, sleet, and hail, had changed his colour from a gaudy blue to a faint lack-lustre shade of gray.

1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 3, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC, page 19:

In one village in Bachu County, more than 1,000 buildings and houses collapsed, according to the state-run New China News Agency. Tens of thousands of people were left homeless and were preparing to spend the night outside in the wintry chill, witnesses said.

2003 February 24, John Pomfret, “Quake Kills More Than 250 in Western China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-03:

Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.

شَتَوِيّ

suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy


poster

→ Burmese: ပိုစတာ (puica.ta)

→ Catalan: pòster

→ Catalan: pòster

→ Dutch: poster

→ Finnish: posteri

→ French: poster
→ Turkish: poster

→ German: Poster

→ Hindi: पोस्टर (posṭar)

→ Hungarian: poszter

→ Irish: póstaer

→ Italian: poster

→ Japanese: ポスター (posutā)

→ Korean: 포스터 (poseuteo)

→ Malay: poster

→ Manx: posteyr

→ Persian: پوستر (poster)

→ Polish: poster

→ Portuguese: pôster, póster (Portugal)

→ Romanian: poster

→ Russian: по́стер (póstɛr)

→ Spanish: póster

→ Swedish: poster

→ Tagalog: poster

→ Thai: โปสเตอร์ (bpóos-dtə̂ə))

→ Welsh: poster

We got three posters in the third and lost.

(ice hockey, slang) A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.


wick

→ Maori: wiki

From Middle English weke, wicke (“wick”), from Old English wēoce (“wick”), from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”).
Compare West Frisian wjok, wjuk (“wing”), Dutch wiek (“wing; propeller, blade; wick”), German Wieche (“wisp; wick”), Swedish veke (“wick”).

cog

(curling) A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.

(curling) A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.


wick

en-verb

wick (third-person singular simple present wicks, present participle wicking, simple past and past participle wicked)

wicks (present singular third-person)
wicking (participle present)
wicked (participle past)
wicked (past)

(curling) To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.


neutral zone

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(ice hockey) A zone on the playing surface between the attacking zone and the defending zone as delineated by the two blue lines.

zona central

ice hockey: zone between the two blue lines


blue line

Coordinate term: red line

(ice hockey) Either of the two thick blue lines on the ice that separate an attacking zone or defending zone from the neutral zone.


goaltender

(sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.


flush

Probably from Etymology 1 according to the American Heritage Dictionary.

(skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.


cantilever

First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested.

(figure skating) A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.


biter

From Middle English biter, bitere, equivalent to bite + -er. Cognate with West Frisian biter (“biter”), Dutch bijter (“biter”), German Low German Bieter (“biter”), German Beißer (“biter”).

(curling) A stone that barely touches the outside of the house.


eggplant

en-noun

eggplant (countable and uncountable, plural eggplants)

From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety.

(skateboarding, snowboarding) A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall


linesman

(ice hockey) An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside.

linjatuomari

ice hockey: official whose primary task is to watch the blue line


left wing

The wing on the left side of some body, most commonly one half of a pair:

(ice hockey) The offensive player who plays to the center's left.


right wing

The wing on the right side of some body, most commonly part of a pair:

(ice hockey) The offensive player who plays to the center's right.


grommet

From obsolete French gromette (“curb chain”) (modern spelling gourmette).

(slang, surfing, snowboarding, skateboarding) A young or inexperienced surfer, skateboarder, or snowboarder.


PK

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)

(ice hockey) Initialism of penalty kill(ing).


snow angel

A design made in fresh snow by lying on one's back and moving the arms up and down and the legs from side to side.


breakaway

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2016, Scott Feschuk, "Counting down the most annoying in video review, by sport," sportsnet.ca, 10 July, 2016, http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/counting-annoying-video-review-sport/
In a league starved for scoring, the challenge ensures that some super-sweet breakaway goals will be overturned because a dude was three microns offside.

(ice hockey) Occurring during or as a result of a breakaway (see Noun)


breakaway

2015, Eric MacKenzie, "Canucks fall 2-1 to Oilers in OT," vancouver24hrs.ca, 18 October, 2015, https://web.archive.org/web/20151020145050/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2015/10/19/canucks-fall-2-1-to-oilers-in-ot
With the game tied 1-1 early in the third, Henrik got free on a breakaway and was stopped by Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson […]

(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.


mogul

From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).

(skiing) A hump or bump on a skiing piste.


mogul

en-verb

mogul (third-person singular simple present moguls, present participle moguling, simple past and past participle moguled)

moguls (present singular third-person)
moguling (participle present)
moguled (participle past)
moguled (past)

(skiing) To ski over a course of humps or bumps.


GS

(skiing, snowboarding) Initialism of giant slalom.


SAD

seasonal affective disorder
seasonal affective disorder#English

(medicine) Initialism of seasonal affective disorder.


takeout

en-noun

takeout (countable and uncountable, plural takeouts)

desc

Japanese: テイクアウト (teikuauto), テークアウト (tēkuauto)

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(curling) A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play.


saucer pass

The winger's perfect saucer pass over the defenseman's stick and onto the center's tape led to the goal.

(ice hockey) A pass which stays flat through the air and lands flat, used to pass over an opponent's stick


penalty box

Both players got to cool their heels for five minutes in their respective penalty boxes after the fight.

(ice hockey) An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.

banqueta d'expulsats

in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty


slider

From slide + -er.
The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder".
Regarding the senses about control devices or widgets: physical sliders (potentiometers serving as rheostats) predate virtual ones (elements in graphical user interfaces), and the virtual ones are so named because their concept is the abstraction of the physical ones; if more explanation on that topic is needed, it is available in the Wikipedia articles on skeuomorphs, icons, and the desktop metaphor.

(curling) A piece of Teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice.

scivolante

(curling) a piece of teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe


cup of coffee

Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.

I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career.

(ice hockey, baseball, slang) The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.


bonk

en-verb

bonk (third-person singular simple present bonks, present participle bonking, simple past and past participle bonked)

bonks (present singular third-person)
bonking (participle present)
bonked (participle past)
bonked (past)

Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(skateboarding, snowboarding) To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair.


shortie

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They got a shortie at the start of the third.

(ice hockey, informal) A short-handed goal.


goon

→ Portuguese: guna

Alice the Goon
Peter Sellers
Popeye
Spike Milligan
The Goon Show

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Germanic *gumô
Proto-West Germanic *gumō
Old English guma
Middle English gone?
English gooney
English goon
Shortened from gooney, from obsolete gony (“simpleton”), used circa 1580, of unknown origin. Perhaps a familiar term derived from Middle English gone, a variant of gome (“man, person”). Gony was applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (circa 1839). The term goon first carried the meaning "stupid person" (circa 1921). Compare Scots goni, guni (“a bogey, bugbear, hobgoblin”), dialectal Swedish gonnar (“elves, goblins”, plural).
* Sense 1 ("hired thug"; circa 1938) is largely influenced by the comic strip character Alice the Goon from the Popeye series.
* Sense 2 ("fool") was reinforced by the popular radio program, The Goon Show, starring Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.
* Sense 4 ("guard") was influenced by both sense 1 and sense 2, though not by The Goon Show reference, which arose about 10 years after WWII.

unk

unknown

cog

[…]a scout from the Flames came down from Saskatoon, said, "There's always room on our team for a goon"

2002, “Hit Somebody!”, performed by Warren Zevon:

(ice hockey, derogatory) An enforcer or fighter.


goon

en-verb

goon (third-person singular simple present goons, present participle gooning, simple past and past participle gooned)

goons (present singular third-person)
gooning (participle present)
gooned (participle past)
gooned (past)

unk

unknown

The 23-year-old posted some photos on Instagram on Saturday of himself gooning around for the camera.

2015 December 27, “Dennis Quaid's son Jack posts hilarious photo posing with his dad and siblings pulling faces on Christmas Day”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2016-01-24:

Imagine losing to a team that gooned it up and attempted to take out your best players with heavy hits?

2019 June 13, Dan Shaughnessy, “What experts are saying about the Bruins' Stanley Cup loss”, in The Boston Globe, archived from the original on 2022-12-22:

Obviously, we wanted to kill Kozlov. We thought it was the dirtiest thing in the world. Things picked up after that. We were out for blood after that. We didn't goon them. They gooned us, really, and we just had to respond.

2022 June 24, David Fleming, quoting Mike Ricci, “Fight Night at the Joe: Remembering the legendary Colorado Avalanche-Detroit Red Wings brawl of 1997”, in ESPN, archived from the original on 2022-12-22:

(transitive, slang, ice hockey) To act like a goon; to act in an intimidating or aggressive way towards opponents.


Canuck

American Dialect Society
Greenwood Publishing Group
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Leiden University
University of Alabama Press

Origin uncertain, often hypothesized to derive from the name or speech of an early Canadian minority, later broadened to denote all Canadians:
* Since 1975, many scholars have come to think the name is from Hawaiian kanaka (“man”), a self-appellation of indentured colonial canoemen and Hawaiian sailors working off the Pacific Northwest, Arctic, and New England coasts, from French canaque (“indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia, Kanak”); or, more likely, American whalers’ pidgin, then re-interpreted as Can(adian) + a suffix. (More below on that [specific] putative suffix.) Compare English Kanak and German Kanake.
* Some dictionaries suggest it is derived from the first syllable of Canada, or its etymon Laurentian kanata (“village”), or a related word kanuchsa meaning “villager” in either Laurentian or another Iroquoian language; with the second syllable connected to Inuktitut inuk (“man; person”), from Chinook (“Aboriginal people of the U.S. Pacific Northwest”), or another First-Nation language ending like -oc, -uc, or -uq.
* Fanciful and unlikely suggestions include German genug von Canada (literally “enough of Canada”) (allegedly uttered by German mercenaries during the American War of Independence), French quelle canule (“what a bore”) (allegedly uttered by the French during a siege of Quebec), or the surname Connaught /ˈkɑ.nəxt/ (supposedly a French-Canadian nickname for the Irish).

noncog

French Canadian
French Canadian#Adjective

(Canada, US, informal, sometimes derogatory) A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.

(ice hockey) A member of the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.

Canucksin pelaaja

(skiing) Chiefly as Crazy Canuck: a member of the Canadian alpine ski team.


Canuck

en-adj

Canuck (comparative more Canuck, superlative most Canuck)

more Canuck (comparative)
most Canuck (superlative)

(ice hockey) Of or relating to the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team belonging to the National Hockey League.

Canucks-joukkueen

of or relating to the Vancouver Canucks professional ice hockey team


seasonal affective disorder

en-noun

seasonal affective disorder (uncountable)

(psychology) A form of depression associated with the lack of natural light during the winter months.

季節性情緒失調

Depression associated with lack of natural light in winter


skiing

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:

(sports) A group of sports using skis as primary equipment.


muffin

→ Chinese: 瑪芬／玛芬 (mǎfēn)

→ Danish: muffin

→ Esperanto: mafino

→ Finnish: muffini, muffinssi, muffinsi

→ French: muffin

→ German: Muffin

→ Japanese: マフィン (mafin)

→ Korean: 머핀 (meopin)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: muffins

→ Polish: muffin

→ Portuguese: muffin

→ Russian: ма́ффин (máffin)

→ Swedish: muffins

→ Yiddish: מאָפֿין (mofin)

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”).

gl

"small cake"; <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds">Muffen</i> (plural)

ncog

(ice hockey, slang) A very weak shot in ice hockey where the puck does not travel fast.


snowboarding

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:snowboarding.

The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.

սնոուբորդինգ

the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard


toe edge

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(snowboarding) The sharp edge on the long side of a snowboard closest to one's toes, regardless of which way one if facing (up-mountain or down-mountain) or riding (goofy or regular).


half-pipe

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But the kid who washed windows for $2 an hour when he was 8 so he could buy his first snowboard served notice he could be a contender at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics with a silver medal yesterday in men's halfpipe.

2009 January 24, Randy Starkman, “Silver medal eases pain for Batchelor at world championships”, in Toronto Star:

(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, kickscootering, etc.) A structure used to perform tricks, approximately semicircular in cross-section, resembling the bottom half of a cylinder lying down.


fall line

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(snowboarding, skiing) The imaginary line downhill that something falling downhill would naturally follow.


plowing

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(snowboarding): riding with neither foot leading, with the stick perpendicular to the fall line; not goofy nor regular.


ollie

From Ollie. Named after American skateboarder Alan Gelfand (1963–), via the Floridian skateboarder's nickname.

named-after

In short tutorials, the player learns the basics of skating: reverts, manuals and the ollie […]

2007, Friedrich von Borries, Steffen P. Walz, Matthias Böttger, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism, page 124:

(skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding) An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.


carving

calving (non-rhotic, Received Pronunciation, trap–bath split)

(snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.


net minder

(ice hockey) goalkeeper, player whose role it is to defend the goal


Nordic

en-adj

Nordic (comparative more Nordic, superlative most Nordic)

more Nordic (comparative)
most Nordic (superlative)

From French nordique, from nord (“north”).

Coordinate term: alpine

cross-country skiing
cross-country skiing

(skiing) Of or relating to cross-country skiing or ski jumping.


ramp

From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“to crawl, climb, scale up”), from Frankish *hrampōn (“to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to shrivel, shrink”). Cognate with German Rampf (“retraction, curvature, shrinkage, spasm”). Doublet of romp.
Akin also to Old English hrimpan (“to wrinkle, rimple, rumple”), Old High German rimpfan (German rümpfen (“to wrinkle up”)). Compare Danish rimpe (“to fold" (archaic), "to baste”), Icelandic rimpa. More at rimple.

cog

(skating) A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.

ramp

skating: construction to do skating tricks


crosscheck

(ice hockey) An illegal maneuver where a player strikes another with the shaft of his stick, or the penalty thereby incurred.


crosscheck

en-verb

crosscheck (third-person singular simple present crosschecks, present participle crosschecking, simple past and past participle crosschecked)

crosschecks (present singular third-person)
crosschecking (participle present)
crosschecked (participle past)
crosschecked (past)

(ice hockey) To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.


snowball fight

"Oh, I mean a snowball fight. This is probably the last of the season, and I was thinking we could get a lot of fellows together, make a fort, and have a regular battle like we read about in Cæsar to-day. It would be no end of sport."

1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 2, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine:

A scuffle or play fight whose object is to hit opponents with snowballs.


combined

The race events are downhill, slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and combineds, with each giving points in the same way.

1985, Skiing, volume 37, number 7, page 16:


brumal

en-adj

brumal (comparative more brumal, superlative most brumal)

more brumal (comparative)
most brumal (superlative)

From Latin brūmālis (“of or pertaining to the winter solstice; wintry”), from brūma (“the winter solstice; winter”), which is a contraction of *brevima (“the shortest (day)”).

der

Belonging to winter; winterlike; wintry.


brumous

en-adj

brumous (comparative more brumous, superlative most brumous)

more brumous (comparative)
most brumous (superlative)

From brume + -ous, probably modelled after French brumeux (“foggy, hazy, misty”), from Late Latin brūmōsus (“wintry”), from Latin brūma (“winter solstice; winter; winter cold”) + -ōsus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns). Brūma is derived from brevima, brevissima (“shortest”), the superlative of brevis (“brief; short”) (the winter solstice being the shortest day of the year), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“brief, short”).

der

The blond misses of Albion see nothing in the dull inhabitants of their brumous isle, which can compare with the ardour and vivacity of the children of the South. We bring our sunshine with us; we are Frenchmen, and accustomed to conquer.

1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Little Innocent”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 233:

One of the greatest charms of fox-hunting undoubtedly is, that it disposes of all the dirty weather which goes to make up three-fourths of an English winter. Wet, and drizzle, and muggy fog (the characteristics of our brumous and insular climate, according to numerous French authorities), are the capital on which it trades. To the hunting man a rainy morning in winter […] means sport, and society, and enjoyment.

1866 October, “Essays at Odd Times”, in David Masson, editor, Macmillan’s Magazine, volume XIV, number 84, London: Macmillan and Co. […], →OCLC, section XIV (Of a Fox Covert), page 476, column 2:

The Golden Gate was hardly to be seen at all, except on very favorable days, for the thick veil of ocean mist which hung over it. The whole scene was dull, sombre, brumous, depressing.

1869 December, “Nebulæ”, in The Galaxy. An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, volume VIII, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Sheldon & Company […], →OCLC, page 861, column 1:

Let us compare these observations made in our brumous latitudes with those effected by Father [Angelo] Secchi with the fine equatorial of the Roman Observatory.

1872 July, Richard A[nthony] Proctor, “A Giant Planet”, in E[dward] L[ivingston] Youmans, editor, The Popular Science Monthly, volume I, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, […], →OCLC, page 293:

She worked under the great tapestry with its glowing but subdued tones—huntsmen with lofted horns had been running down a female stag. After the rape, leaving the grooms to bring the trophy home, they galloped away into the soft brumous Italian skyline; […]

1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur or The Prince of Darkness: A Novel, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN; republished in The Avignon Quintet: Monsieur, Livia, Constance, Sebastian, Quinx, London: Faber and Faber, 1992, →ISBN, page 23:


bigfeet

(plural only) snowblades; a smaller version of skis.


Choctaw

(skating, plural "Choctaws") A Choctaw turn.


checking

en-noun

checking (countable and uncountable, plural checkings)

(ice hockey) The act of physically keeping an opposing player in check.


speed skating

The sport of racing around an oval course, on ice skates.

速度滑冰

The sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates


grom

They were having this contest for grommets. The waves were micro. Even the groms were disgusted.

(surfing, snowboarding, skimboarding, slang) A young surfer, wakeskater, wakeboarder, snowboarder, skimboarder, skateboarder, or kiteboarder.


bonspiel

Possibly from Dutch bond (“league”) and Dutch spel (“game”).

[…] and he never took his ee aff them, or said another word, or gave another glance at the bonspiel, though there was the finest fun amang the curlers ever was seen; […]

1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:


rink

→ Portuguese: rinque

→ Swedish: rink

Borrowed from Middle Scots rink, renk (“course, battlefield”), from Middle French renc, from Old French reng, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of rank and ring.

The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.


Olympic Winter Games

The winter counterpart to the summer Olympic Games, featuring winter sports.


Choctaw turn

A turn in figure skating that involves both a change of foot and a change of edge and lobe.


spread eagle

(figure skating) A move in which a skater glides on both feet, the toes turned out to the sides, heels facing each other.


face-off

(ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee


Winter Olympics

Olympic Winter Games
Olympic Winter Games#English


Nordic combined

From nordic + combined. From being an event in skiing which combines two disciplines favoured by the Nordic (Scandinavians).

(skiing) An event in which individual skiers take part in runs on a cross-country skiing course and a ski jumping hill.


figure skating

From the origins of figure skating, where skaters once skated out patterns onto the ice surface, making a design on its surface. This then evolved into the compulsory figures component of figure skating, that was latterly dropped from competitive judging.

A sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on skates.


diamond paste

(luge) A paste used to polish the steels, containing microscopic diamond particles.


ice dancing

A form of figure skating, performed by a man and a woman to the beat of music.


vice-skip

(curling) The player who throws the fifth and sixth rocks for a team


ski jumping

A winter sport in which skiers ski down a take-off ramp and attempt to jump as far as possible.


curling

curling (countable and uncountable, plural curlings)

/ˈkɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ/

(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).


bobsleigh

bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

bobsleigh ] ] (canonical)
bobsleighs (plural)

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From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

(uncountable, UK) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.


biathlon

biathlon (countable and uncountable, plural biathlons)

/baɪˈæθˌlɑn/

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon.

confix

(winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

biatlón

racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race

duathlon · triathlon · quadrathlon · tetrathlon · pentathlon · hexathlon · heptathlon · octathlon · decathlon · pentadecathlon


downhill

en-verb

downhill (third-person singular simple present downhills, present participle downhilling, simple past and past participle downhilled)

downhills (present singular third-person)
downhilling (participle present)
downhilled (participle past)
downhilled (past)


ice dam

(hydrology) An obstruction to the flow of a river caused by the concatenation of surface ice into a ridge that rises above and sinks below the surface causing a blockage, occurring frequently during spring breakup season.

(roofing) A mass of ice formed at the transition from a warm to a cold roof surface, frequently formed by refreezing meltwater at the overhang of a steep roof, causing ice and water to back up under roofing materials.


ice fishing

The practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.


ice yacht

A craft, in the broad shape of a yacht, fitted with skis or runners so as to sail on the ice.


ice sculpture

en-noun

ice sculpture (countable and uncountable, plural ice sculptures)

(sculpture) temporary, decorative sculpture carved from a block of ice


crud

crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

(uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.

smurrie

heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski


deke

Canadian English, a contraction of decoy.

Puck carriers will often use the blade of the hockey stick in timing a deke or fake (if one is used) to get around an opponent.

1971, Gerald A. Walford, Ice hockey: an illustrated guide for coaches:

(ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.


deke

en-verb

deke (third-person singular simple present dekes, present participle deking, simple past and past participle deked)

dekes (present singular third-person)
deking (participle present)
deked (participle past)
deked (past)

The advantage is with the shooter from fifteen to twenty feet, but if you notice a weakness, you may want to fake a shot and "deke" to goalie.

1968, Ira Gitler, Make the Team in Ice Hockey:

"Deke!" Joe would shout hoarsely. "You deke with your shoulder. Drop it like you were going that way!"

1973, R. J. Childerhose, Hockey Fever in Goganne Falls:

Andrelton Simmons dekes out Carlos Correa to get him in a rundown, which eventually ends with Jose Altuve being tagged out at home.

(ice hockey) To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.


carver

From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

(skiing) A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.


negative ice

(curling) A shot in which the player curls the stone in the opposite direction in which the stone is expected to curve, due to significant defects in flatness of the ice surface.


LSFE

(curling) Initialism of last stone in the first end.


curling stick

(curling) A device that permits a player to deliver a stone while standing upright


come-around

(curling) Any shot that curls around another rock.


hog line

(curling) The line in which the stone must completely cross to be considered in play.

(curling) The line before which the thrower must release the rock during delivery.


hog line violation

en-noun

hog line violation (plural hog line violations)

(curling) The failure to release a stone before crossing the near hog line.


puck bunny

Combination of the phrases snow bunny (compare bunny hill), Playboy bunny and puck (“an object used in the game of hockey”).

Every once in awhile ^([sic]) the stories would make there ^([sic]) way around the league about some puck bunny getting pregnant...

2002, Michael David Lannan, The Empty Net:

These young women say they are "'proud as punch' to have sex with the jock," because this will "entitle the puck bunny to 'bragging rights'"...

2002, Michael A Messner, Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports:

She wasn't a puck bunny. After twenty years in the NHL, he could identify a hockey groupie a mile away.

2005, Rachel Gibson, The Trouble with Valentine's Day:

(slang, ice hockey) A female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of the game itself. Puck bunnies exhibit similar traits to those of groupies toward musicians.


schuss

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Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

The hand slid down the schuss of material and plucked at the hem.


gripper

/ˈɡɹɪ.pə(ɹ)/

(curling) A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice.


coaster

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From coast (“to glide along without adding energy; to make a minimal effort; to slide downhill (especially, to slide on a sled upon snow or ice)”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). Coast is derived from Middle English costeien (“to travel along a border or coast; to go alongside (something), skirt; to accompany, follow; to travel across, traverse; to be adjacent to, to border;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], Old French costoier (“to be at the side of”) [and other forms] (modern French côtoyer (“to pass alongside; (figuratively) to rub shoulders”)), from Latin costicāre, from costa (“rib; side, wall”); see further at etymology 1.
The sense 2.1 (“small stand or tray”) is from the fact that the object and the decanter or wine bottle on it “coast” or travel around a tabletop from person to person. The sense 2.2.2 (“useless compact disc or DVD”) refers to the fact that the object is only useful as a drink coaster.

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cost, costay, coste, costey, costie, coost, coostie, costen, costien

kelkka

something that coasts or is used to coast

It was cold but still, and Polly trotted down the smooth, snow-covered mall, humming to herself, and trying not to feel homesick. The coasters were at it with all their might, and she watched them, till her longing to join the fun grew irresistible.

1869–1870, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Polly’s Troubles”, in An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1870, →OCLC, page 42:

(US, winter sports) A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.

Something that coasts or is used to coast.


headhunter

→ German: Headhunter m

He is known as a goon and a headhunter.

(ice hockey) A player who uses a hockey stick to attempt to strike an opponent's head.


skating

en-noun

skating (usually uncountable, plural skatings)

(skiing, uncountable) A method of propulsion, where one moves similar to how a skater propels themselves. A technique in skiing, where a ski is planted diagonally, to push off of, and one slides forward on the ski facing straight forward, and then repeats the process with the swapping of the feet's actions.


vernal

en-adj

vernal (comparative more vernal, superlative most vernal)

more vernal (comparative)
most vernal (superlative)

PIE word
 *wósr̥
From Latin vernālis (“(rare) of or pertaining to spring; vernal”), from vērnus (“of or pertaining to spring; vernal”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). Vērnus is derived from vēr (“season of spring”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”)) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is cognate with Old French vernal (modern French vernal), Italian vernale (“pertaining to spring; vernal”), Occitan vernal, Portuguese vernal (“pertaining to spring; vernal”), Spanish vernal (“pertaining to spring; vernal”).

cog

When after the long vernal day of life, / Enamour'd more, as more remembrance ſwells / With many a proof of recollected love, / Together down they [the seasons] ſink in ſocial ſleep; [...]

a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 44, lines 1168–1171:

Ah me! too ſwiftly fleets our vernal bloom! / Loſt to our wonted friendſhip, loſt to joy! / Soon may thy breaſt the cordial wiſh reſume, / Ere wintry doubt its tender warmth deſtroy.

1764, William Shenstone, “Elegy XIII. To a Friend, on Some Slight Occasion Estranged from Him.”, in The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; Most of which Were Never before Printed. In Two Volumes. […], volume I, London: Printed for R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, stanza 2, page 45:

Art thou a child of tears, / Cradled in care and woe? / And seems it hard thy vernal years / Few vernal joys can shew?

1827, [John Keble], “The Circumcision of Christ”, in The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 47:

(figuratively) Having characteristics like spring; fresh, young, youthful.

свеж

having characteristics like spring — see also fresh, youthful


jailbreak

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(ice hockey) A rule present in some ice hockey leagues that causes a penalty to end if the short-handed team scores.


jailbreak

en-verb

jailbreak (third-person singular simple present jailbreaks, present participle jailbreaking, simple past jailbroke, past participle jailbroken)

jailbreaks (present singular third-person)
jailbreaking (participle present)
jailbroke (past)
jailbroken (participle past)

(ice hockey) To score while short-handed in a league with the "jailbreak" rule.


steal

From Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.
Compare West Frisian stelle, Low German stehlen, Dutch stelen, German stehlen, Danish stjæle, Swedish stjäla, Norwegian Bokmål stjele, Norwegian Nynorsk stela, Sanskrit स्तेय (steya); see below for more.
For the meaning development compare with Russian красть (krastʹ, “to steal”) and Russian кра́сться (krástʹsja, “to stalk, to prowl, to slink”).
etymology notes
Proposed etymologies beyond Germanic are numerous and include
* Proto-Indo-European *ster-: compare Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”)
* Proto-Indo-European *stel(H)- (“to stretch”): compare Albanian pë/mbështjell (“I confuse, mess up, mix, wrap up”), Old Church Slavonic стєлѭ (steljǫ, “I spread out (bed, roof)”), Ancient Greek τηλία (tēlía, “playing table”)
* Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”): compare Sanskrit त्सरति (tsárati, “creep, sneak up on”) and other forms under Pokorny 5. *sel- "schleichen, kriechen"

cog

(basketball, ice hockey) A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.

(curling) Scoring in an end without the hammer.


(curling) The 8-foot diameter circle in the house.


arena ice

(curling) Temporary curling ice made quickly on a hockey rink or the like, generally different or less suitable for curling than that of a full-time curling facility.


(curling) The 12-foot diameter circle outermost in the house.


back board

(curling) The border at the extreme ends of the sheet.


blank end

(curling) An end in which no stones are touching the house, and thus no points are scored.


(curling) The 4-foot diameter circle in the house


scissor

en-verb

scissor (third-person singular simple present scissors, present participle scissoring, simple past and past participle scissored)

scissors (present singular third-person)
scissoring (participle present)
scissored (participle past)
scissored (past)

From Middle English cysour, cysoure, cysowre, altered from sisours (“scissors”); ultimately from Latin caedere (“to cut”); current spelling influenced by Latin scindere, scissus (“to split”).

(skating) To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.


autumnal

en-adj

autumnal (comparative more autumnal, superlative most autumnal)

more autumnal (comparative)
most autumnal (superlative)

Borrowed from Latin autumnāl(is). By surface analysis, autumn + -al.


enforcer

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Australian rules football

(ice hockey, rugby, Australian rules football) A player who physically intimidates or confronts the opposition.


drawmaster

(curling) The person who assigns teams to different sheets, sets starting times, assigns players to teams in casual play, etc.


bite stick

(curling) A piece of equipment used to determine whether or not a stone is a biter.


measure stick

(curling) Equipment used to determine which of two or more stones is closest to the center when they are too similar to know with visual inspection


front of the house

(curling) The portion of the house closer to the hog line.


draw raise

(curling) A shot in which the played stone pushes a stone straight forward into the house


in-turn

For a right-handed thrower, an in-turn is clockwise, and the opposite for a lefty.

(curling) A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated across the body.


out-turn

For a right-handed thrower, an out-turn is counter-clockwise, and the opposite for a lefty.

(curling) A shot in which the handle of the stone is rotated away from the body.


shot rock

(curling) The rock in the house closest to the button.


split the house

en-verb

split the house (third-person singular simple present splits the house, present participle splitting the house, simple past and past participle split the house)

splits the house (present singular third-person)
splitting the house (participle present)
split the house (participle past)
split the house (past)

(curling) To use the strategy of drawing to a different area of the house to prevent one's opponent from taking out both stones.


swingy

en-adj

swingy (comparative swingier, superlative swingiest)

swingier (comparative)
swingiest (superlative)

(curling, of ice) Allowing stones to curl more than usual.


wobbler

(curling) A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.


tee line

(curling) The line that goes across the house intersecting with the middle of the button, splitting it into two halves.


overwinter

en-verb

overwinter (third-person singular simple present overwinters, present participle overwintering, simple past and past participle overwintered)

overwinters (present singular third-person)
overwintering (participle present)
overwintered (participle past)
overwintered (past)

It is best to overwinter tender plants indoors.

Well, if you're fortunate, you'll be able to overwinter your bees and keep them alive during the winter months.

2014, Philip Hasheider, Samantha Johnson, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming, page 114:

We overwinter our blueberry bushes in an unheated greenhouse, but when re-tubbed this year they will be too big to move. What are their chances of surviving winter outside?

2014 April 8, Helen Yemm, “Thorny problems: How can I revive a forsythia hedge? [print version 5 April 2014, p. G9]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), London:

(transitive) To keep or preserve for the winter.

Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed.

Fish only overwinter in streams having a sufficient source of groundwater.

1975, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System:

Different insects also differ in the way in which they overwinter. Most insects overwinter as eggs or pupae, but others overwinter as larvae or nymphs, whilst quite a few hibernate in the adult phase.

2011, Bob Gibbons, Field Guide to Insects of Britain and Northern Europe:

'Early Purple Sprouting' broccoli is so hardy you can let it overwinter and it rewards you with—yes, you guessed it—early purple sprouts that are tender and delicious.

2012, Marie Iannotti, The Beginner's Guide to Growing Heirloom Vegetables:

(intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).

hivernar

to spend the winter (in a particular place)


overwinter

The effect of seedling size on overwinter injury was analyzed separately by analysis of covariance.

1996, Marek Jacek Krasowski, Measures to Reduce Overwinter Injury to Planted Spruce in Boreal Forest of British Columbia, page 4:

Overwinter survival ranged from 0% to 100% and increased with increasing fall total length and winter temperatures among all cohorts and reservoirs.

A replicated site comparison study on 1, 031 agricultural sites across England in 2004–2008 (29) found that in three out of four year-on-year comparisons, grey partridge Perdix perdix density changes and overwinter survival were higher on sites under agri-environment schemes, than on sites not under schemes (density changes were more positive on agri-environment scheme sites than non-agi-environment scheme sites in all comparisons except 2007-2008; overwinter survival was higher for all except 2006-2007).

2013, David R. Williams, Robert G. Pople, David A. Showler, Bird Conservation:


overwinter

Ground cover of perennial grasses declined seriously under plots covered overwinter with dead thistle plants.

1968, Earl F. Aldon, Detrimental Effect of Russian thistle on Semidesert Range in West Central New Mexico:

Moreover, each year of continuous corn cropping the corn stover would be turned under by fall plowing in preparation for the next spring planting, leaving the land bare overwinter.

1985, Technologies to Benefit Agriculture and Wildlife, page 63:

The copepod Thermocyclops oithonoides rests overwinter as copepodids in lake mud in the Mugglesee and other lakes in Europe.

2014, Lee Hannah, Climate Change Biology, page 95:


flat out

The would-be daredevils are mercifully prevented from going too fast by strategically placed flat-outs.

1979 November, Tamsin Venn, “The Pleasures of Keystone”, in Skiing, page 107:

(skiing) A section of piste that is relatively flat, causing or allowing skiers to slow down.


goal line

(ice hockey) the red line that runs across the rink and the front of the goal.


runout

en-noun

runout (countable and uncountable, plural runouts)

(skiing) A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.

If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed.

2011 September 13, Nick Paumgarten, “Ode to Happy Endings: Celebrating the least appreciated aspect of a great run.”, in Skiing, archived from the original on 2011-12-10:

(skiing) Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.


body check

(sports) A move in ice hockey or lacrosse in which a player impedes another with his body


kanone

Borrowed from German Kanone (literally “cannon”).


one-time

en-verb

one-time (third-person singular simple present one-times, present participle one-timing, simple past and past participle one-timed)

one-times (present singular third-person)
one-timing (participle present)
one-timed (participle past)
one-timed (past)

Basel's good moment continued, and in stoppage time of the first half, Streller released Salah with a clever pass down the middle and the young Egyptian one-timed the ball over Čech.

2013 May 3, Werner Pichler, “Europa League 2012/13, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (R)”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet):

(soccer, ice hockey) To shoot (the ball or puck) directly from a teammate's pass.


ski resort

In fact, ski resorts and ski resort towns throughout the West make a point of trying to attract visitors in the offseason, usually spring and summer.

A resort providing accommodation and facilities for skiers.


punchy

en-adj

punchy (comparative punchier, superlative punchiest)

punchier (comparative)
punchiest (superlative)

(skiing) Of groomed snow: unable to support the weight of a skier, especially when the skier’s weight is all on one ski, resulting in a ski punching through the surface of the snow.


aerialist

/ˈɛəɹɪəlɪst/

Abramenko, a top aerialist in freestyle skiing, a five-time Olympian and the country’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony, garnered more attention after the event, when a photograph of his hug with a Russian rival was widely circulated.

2022 March 4, John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-03-05:

(skiing) A specialist in aerials, a freestyle skiing discipline.


shootout

(ice hockey) A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.


klister

en-noun

klister (countable and uncountable, plural klisters)

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(skiing) A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.


hockey stick

(Canada, US, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.


outrigger

Modification of earlier outligger after rig (“to fit out”); equivalent to out- + ligger.

(skiing) A type of ski pole, with skis attached at the bottom, instead of the spike/pick found on a normal pole. It is used in downhill skiing variants of para-skiing, especially those that use a sit-ski, such as the monoski.


chack

en-verb

chack (third-person singular simple present chacks, present participle chacking, simple past and past participle chacked)

chacks (present singular third-person)
chacking (participle present)
chacked (participle past)
chacked (past)

From Michael Chack, an American figure skater whose bronze-medal-winning performance at the 1993 US National Championships was not broadcast on televsion because the producers did not think he would win a medal.

Michael Chack pulled WAY up in the standings in his long [skate event]...but was chacked while we saw five guys skate worse!!

1998, Louis Epstein, “US National Men's Final RESULTS”, in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure (Usenet):

I'm hoping ABC doesn't chack her performance...how could they??

2002, Jonas, International Skating Union Discussion Boards: Figure Skating: Yukari Nakano, the reigning world jr silver medalist, landed a triple axel:

Did they chack Kostner's skate because of the fluff piece on the Russian pairs or not? I kind of like her and wanted to see her.

2004, Rex, “The Rest of Skate Canada: Phaneuf Rocks! The First Time I saw the Two Canadian Pairs Skate!”, in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure (Usenet):

(ice-skating, transitive) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.


one foot

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Dude, doing one foots is suicidal.

(snowboarding) A trick with one foot free from the bindings; instead it is placed beside the rear binding and boned far away from the board during airtime.


hooking

en-noun

hooking (countable and uncountable, plural hookings)

(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.


Jack Frost

From Jack (“placeholder or conventional name for any man”) + frost.

ref

Arthur Henry Brown ([1863]) Little Jack Frost Quadrilles, London: B. Williams, →OCLC.

This time of Year being cold and frosty generally speaking, or when Jack Frost commonly takes us by the Nose, the Diversions are always within Doors, either in Exercise or by the Fire-side.

1740, “Of Mirth and Jollity, Christmas Gambols, Eating, Drinking, Kissing, and Other Diversions of the Holydays”, in Round about Our Coal-fire, or Christmas Entertainments …, London: […] J. Roberts […], →OCLC; republished as Christmas Entertainments: […], London: Field & Tuer, Yᵉ Leadenhall Presse; Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1883, →OCLC, page 6:

Well, and the inside is all lined with skins, warm enough; and there's a fire in the middle; [...] Jack frost may whistle out doors if he pleases, but he can hardly get his nose in here.

1818, Isaac Taylor, “Lapland. 10. Lapland Witch Selling a Wind.”, in Scenes in Europe, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-home Travellers, London: […] J. Harris, […], →OCLC, page 11:

December's severely cold nights made dreadful havoc with the soldiers[’] toes on the out posts, where for six long hours without fire or aught to shield from Jack Frost’s intrusion, they trod their lonely beat, dreaming of home and friends far away.

1870, George Wise, “Falls Church, Upton’s and Munson’s Hills”, in History of the Seventeenth Virginia Infantry, C.S.A., Baltimore, Md.: Kelly, Piet & Company, →OCLC, page 47:

Autumn has given way to winter once more, and happily the late and heavy rains fattened the ripening crops now reaping; and left everywhere through this district a thick growth of grass, for winter grazing; long enough, generally, to shield from Jack Frost, by its ample tops and seed heads, a bite of succulent stalk above the roots.

1901 June 1, Maynard Matthews, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume IV, number 7, Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province: Times Printing and Publishing Company, published 7 June 1901, →OCLC, pages 196–197:

Ma said that Jack Frost came in the night and made the pictures, while everyone was asleep. Laura thought that Jack Frost was a little man all snowy white, wearing a glittering white pointed cap and soft white kneeboots made of deerskin.

1932, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, New York, N.Y.: Harper, published 2016, →ISBN:

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire / Jack Frost nipping at your nose / Yuletide carols being sung by a choir / And folks dressed up like Eskimos

1945, “The Christmas Song: Merry Christmas to You: S.A.T.B. with Incidental Soprano Solos and Piano Accompaniment”, Mel Tormé, Bob Wells (lyrics), Mel Tormé (music), New York, N.Y.: E. H. Morris, published 1946, →OCLC:

Winter is damp, dark and cold, but the new year makes me hopeful of the spring and summer to come, [...] Animals need extra care, logs are brought in to unfreeze by the fire, the ice is scraped off the car. Jack Frost paints glorious pictures on (single-glazed) windows.

2006, Sally Schweizer, “Celebrations: ‘She’s Crying for Joy!’”, in Well, I Wonder: Childhood in the Modern World: A Handbook for Parents, Carers and Teachers (Bringing Spirit to Life), Forest Row, East Sussex: Sophia Books, →ISBN, page 169:

Elves, flying reindeer, wood sprites, talking snowmen, and even Jack Frost, or Grandfather Frost in Russia, are all out and about during Advent. [...] Jack Frost, as those of us who live in northern climates well know, can be an annoying sprite who will make winter icy or stormy on a whim.

2013, Marci Alborghetti, “December 15: Jack Frost … and Friends”, in It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christ’s Mass, Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 15:

A personification of frosty weather or winter.


buttered

en-adj

buttered (comparative more buttered, superlative most buttered)

more buttered (comparative)
most buttered (superlative)

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Pertaining to the action of to butter, buttering

(skiing, snowboarding) Of a turn, having used the to butter action to instantiate the turn.


buttering

en-noun

buttering (countable and uncountable, plural butterings)

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(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.

The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards


ski jump

(skiing) The ramp used in the sport of ski jumping

(skiing) A course prepared for ski jumping.


wintery

en-adj

wintery (comparative winterier, superlative winteriest)

winterier (comparative)
winteriest (superlative)


herringbone

en-noun

herringbone (countable and uncountable, plural herringbones)

/ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

(countable, skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.


herringbone

en-verb

herringbone (third-person singular simple present herringbones, present participle herringboning, simple past and past participle herringboned)

herringbones (present singular third-person)
herringboning (participle present)
herringboned (participle past)
herringboned (past)

/ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

(skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.


powder monkey

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Snowbird has been amending its reputation as a destination primarily for the steep-and-deep skiers and powder monkeys. Off the Baby Thunder lift in 1995, the resort has a largely protected area that has gentle slopes great for less experienced skiers.

2000, Charles Leocha et al., Ski America and Canada, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, page 218:

How's about this then me little powder monkeys... A chance to WIN A SNOWBOARD OF YOUR CHOICE up to the value of £350.

2002 September 9, denise&bryn, “www Snowboard 25/12”, in uk.rec.competitions (Usenet):

On the opposite, western boundary, the blue fingers under the Timberline Express are training grounds for powder monkeys, flanked by mellow glades and blessed with small natural hits and stashes of deep snow.

2003, Tam Leach et al., The Rough Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding in North America, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 146:

Yes, getting up the mountain is more of a hassle — powder monkeys will probably yelp in frustration because of the extra minutes involved each morning. But if you want a more laid-back holiday, […] you’ll love it.

2006 November 19, Sean Newsom, “Europe's poshest ski chalets”, in The Sunday Times:

There are lots of fine cutovers into untouched sugar for powder monkeys (snow permitting, of course).

2008, Charles Leocha, Charlie Leocha's Ski Snowboard Europe, 16th edition, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, 978-0-915009-86-2, page 86:

(skiing, snowboarding, informal) A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).


striding

en-noun

striding (countable and uncountable, plural stridings)

From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride + -ing.

(skiing, uncountable) A technique for propelling forward that appears similar to walking, where a foot slides forward on the opposite side of a pole being planted to provide a location to apply force.


boned

Bro, for sure you were all boned out, but I wasn't rolling.

2021 February 16, Charlie Berens and DudeDad, The 5 People on the Ski Slopes:

(snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.


sin bin

From sin + bin. Apparently Australian. Usage of the panel van sense is influenced by the US trade name.

Tommy Parker had propped Sporting World against a waterjug. He said “I see Max de Woppa spent three minutes in the sin bin.”

1985, Nicholas Mosely, Accident, →ISBN, page 27:

Rob received a minor penalty, and as he served out his three minutes kicking back in the sin bin, Chinook′s sniper, Pierre Dion, shot from the point.

2005, Rachel K. Gibson, The Trouble With Valentine's Day, page 46:

2012: Phil Gifford, Rivals: Sports Greatest Battles, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
At the play-the-ball Tamati and Dowling started jostling each other, then punching. The referee sent them to the sin bin.

(sports) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.

jäähyaitio

sports: an area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play

penalty box

area for confinement of players while suspended

Punishment can be positive or negative, but both decrease the chances of the behaviour recurring. Positive punishment adds something unpleasant: yelling at the cat, for example. Negative punishment removes something pleasant: your company, for example, by putting the cat in the sin bin (see Chapter 9).

2001, Kersti Seksel, Training Your Cat, page 33:

Where habitual offenders remain, we can be sure that any sin-bin will not be populated by members of any one racial group alone.

2004, Richard Giles, Creating Uncommon Worship: Transforming the Liturgy of the Eucharist, page 88:

2004, Allison James, Adrian James, Constructing Childhood: Theory, Policy and Social Practice, Palgrave MacMillan, 130,
As the pupils who would be the occupants of the sin-bins would not be counted as having been excluded from schools - being simply rehoused within them - the Government′s policy to cut the number of permanent school exclusions would remain intact, while the complaints made by teachers could also be addressed.

2004, John Campbell, Margaret Thatcher, Volume 2: The Iron Lady, page 214,
She was obliged to leave him in the sin-bin for four years.

(figurative) A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace.

(UK, education, colloquial) A referral unit or special class for frequent truants.

1972 September, What′s New: Rolling pad, Popular Science, page 70,
There′s a shag rug on the floor, padding on walls and ceiling, and, for extra comfort, a 600-gallon water bed. The Sin Bin is made by Chinook Mobilodge.

1978 March, Jim Elder, Camp/work conversion, Popular Mechanics, page 110,
There is the shag-carpet “sin bin” with its fur upholstery, mahogany paneling, stained glass, color TV and chrome sidepipes.

1986 January, A Family Affair, Popular Mechanics, page 86,
Unlike the full-size Sin Bins of the ′70s, the new family vans are cute, comfortable and carlike.

(US, Australia, colloquial) Synonym of fuck truck: A panel van with a mattress in the back.


sin bin

en-verb

sin bin (third-person singular simple present sin bins, present participle sin binning, simple past and past participle sin binned)

sin bins (present singular third-person)
sin binning (participle present)
sin binned (participle past)
sin binned (past)

(sports, usually in passive voice) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game

antaa jäähy

sports: to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule


giant slalom

From giant + slalom.
* (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns.
* (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.

(skiing) An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.

(snowboarding) An Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.


quarter-pipe

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc.) A structure used to perform tricks, approximately half the size of a half-pipe, similar in appearance to having a quarter of a circle in cross-section, with the middle of that quarter as the bottom.

(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc) A ramp, one side of a halfpipe


winter sport

Any sport, originally only played during the winter, that is played on ice or snow.


alpine skiing

(skiing) A sport involving skiing downhill.


snowboarder

/ˈsnəʊˌbɔːdə/

The same is true in freeskiing, in which skiers pull tricks on some of the same terrain as snowboarders.

2008 January 25, Matt Higgins, “At X Games, One-Upmanship Is a Trend in High Places”, in The New York Times:

To Enni Rukajarvi, a Finnish snowboarder, the temperatures were not a problem — it was warmer than it often is at home, she pointed out — but the wind was tricky.

2022 April 2, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times:


bobsled

en-noun

bobsled (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleds)

(US and Canada) A sled used to go down a bob track.


cross-country skiing

(sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.

(skiing) A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.


Groundhog Day

The prominence of the groundhog as a popular figure in the country lore of the Eastern States is shown by his having been given a place with the Saints on the calendar, February 2 being widely known as "Groundhog Day." It is claimed that on this date the groundhog wakes from his long winter sleep and appears at the mouth of his burrow to look about and survey the weather. If the sun shines so that he can see his shadow, bad weather is indicated and he retires to resume his sleep for another six weeks. Otherwise, the winter is broken and mild weather is predicted. Even on the outskirts of Washington some of the countrymen still appraise the character of the coming spring by the weather on "Groundhog Day."

1918 May, Edward W. Nelson, “Smaller Mammals of North America”, in National Geographic, volume XXXIII, number 5, page 434:

An annual festival held in Canada and the USA on February 2 in which the arrival time of the spring season is predicted by whether or not a certain groundhog can see its shadow.


chairlift

A continuously moving series of open seats, slung from overhead cables, used to transport people (especially skiers) up the sides of mountains.


mashed potatoes

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During late-season skiing, I have encountered ice in the morning and mashed potatoes in the afternoon.

19841 November, Richard C. Sailiant, “Ask Skiing [letter]”, in Skiing, page 38:

The Eastern ski tribe could confidently expect much ice underfoot while the Western contingent could expect much mashed potatoes around the ankles.

1996 Spring-Summer, Morten Lund, “Skiing Down Those Golden Years with John Jay”, in Skiing Heritage Journal, page 7:

I climbed back through the bottomless mashed potatoes as quickly as I could, relieved to see that his ski was off, with his foot pointing in a normal direction— not the skis’.

2001 October 1, Paul Parker, Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques for All Conditions, 3rd edition, Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 185:

(skiing) Partially melted snow with a pulpy texture, making for slow skiing.


sledding

The act of sliding downhill, or transporting something, on a sled.


ice swimming

The most serious cold water swimmers participate in competitive ice swimming events in bodies of water less than 41 °F (5 °C), sometimes carved out of frozen rivers or lakes and part of the International Winter Swimming Association and the International Ice Swimming Association.

2011, Steven Munatones, Open Water Swimming, Human Kinetics, page 8:

2015, Alexander Armstrong, Land of the Midnight Sun: My Arctic Adventures, 2016, Penguin Random House (Corgi), page 62,
Because I am going Ice Swimming, I am meeting a club of Tromsø Ice Swimmers.

Winter swimming (or ice swimming) is not for everybody. People with a heart condition should not practice it.

2016, Harald Haarmann, Modern Finland, McFarland & Company, page 100:

The practice of swimming in a gap or hole in the ice of an iced-over body of water.


ski boot

Specialized footwear used in skiing to provide a way to attach the skier to skis using ski bindings.


curler

The captain sent a curler into the top corner of the net.

Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech.

2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:

Liverpool were energised at the start of the second half, with Curtis Jones shaping a curler just past the far post.

2024 February 4, David Hytner, “Arsenal ignite title hopes as Gabriel Martinelli punishes Liverpool error”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A pass or a shot of the ball which swerves.

Oft considered the most even playing field on which to measure surf mastery, Slater’s innovative machine is a barrel-synthesizing environment and engineering feat. In a single round, The Wave produces a 6-foot curler capable of traveling 2,300 feet for up to one gnarly minute.

2021 August 25, Jilli Cluff, “Kelly Slater’s Artificial Wave Will Crown ‘The Ultimate Surfer’ on Hulu”, in GearJunkie:

There’s the mesmeric, thrumming beat. (Sound very much “on” for this one.) Dark purples and roiling seas under heavy storms. Then Manuel, barreling perfect curler after perfect curler.

2023 March 18, Sam Anderson, “Weekend Warm-Up: Liquid Lines, Entrancing Tunes, Mesmerizing Moments in ‘MALIA’”, in Explorersweb:

(surfing) A wave which breaks with a barrel


fifty-fifty

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(snowboarding) Ellipsis of fifty-fifty slide; a rail slide where the snowboard is longitudinally aligned with the direction of the slide, down the centerline.


groomer

(skiing, slang) A piste serviced by snow groomers.


defending zone

(ice hockey) The zone between the blue line and the end board in a team's own end of the rink. The same area is the attacking zone for the opposing team.


end board

(ice hockey) A section of the board between the corners in each end of the rink,


attacking zone

(ice hockey) From one team's point of view, the area between the blue line of the other team's half of the rink and the end board behind the other team's goal.


defensive zone

(ice hockey) The ice between a team's own blue line and its end board.


offensive zone

(ice hockey) The ice between the opposing team's blue line and their end board.


faceoff

(ice hockey) The method used to begin play in ice hockey.


faceoff spot

(ice hockey) One of the five spots in an ice hockey rink where play may begin.


penalty kill

(ice hockey) An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.


power play

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(ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.

(curling) A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.


wedeln

(skiing) A series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.


wedeln

en-verb

wedeln (third-person singular simple present wedelns, present participle wedelning, simple past and past participle wedelned)

wedelns (present singular third-person)
wedelning (participle present)
wedelned (participle past)
wedelned (past)

(skiing, intransitive) To perform a series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.


aerials

From aerial (“move involving one or both feet leaving the ground”) + -s.

af

The small world of aerials is trying to provide comfort. Athletes from Switzerland, including the former Olympic freestyle skier Andreas Isoz, have been raising funds and planned to go this weekend to Mukachevo, or as close as they could get near the Ukrainian border, to hand off supplies.

2022 March 4, John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, in The New York Times:


headhunt

en-verb

headhunt (third-person singular simple present headhunts, present participle headhunting, simple past and past participle headhunted)

headhunts (present singular third-person)
headhunting (participle present)
headhunted (participle past)
headhunted (past)

(ice hockey) To use one's hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.


truck driver

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(skiing) A freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large steering wheel of a big truck.


ragdoll

ragdoll (third-person singular simple present ragdolls, present participle ragdolling, simple past and past participle ragdolled)

ragdolls (present singular third-person)
ragdolling (participle present)
ragdolled (participle past)
ragdolled (past)

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(intransitive, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, video games) To be flung about, such that a person or character has an appearance like that of a rag doll that is flung about.


four-foot

(curling) Alternative spelling of 4-foot


alpinist

(skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.


alpinist

(skiing, sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.


snowrut

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(snowboarding) A long line that forms an indentation in the snow.


toe touch

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(snowboarding, skateboarding) Any of a plethora of different aerial tricks where one touches the top of one's feet.


hibernal

en-adj

hibernal (comparative more hibernal, superlative most hibernal)

more hibernal (comparative)
most hibernal (superlative)

From Latin hībernālis (“wintry”), from hiems (“winter”).

Of or pertaining to winter; brumal or hiemal


two-line pass

(ice hockey) A pass across two of the three lines dividing the rink, the center red line and the two blue lines. Under some rules such a pass is illegal.


slapshot

(ice hockey) Alternative spelling of slap shot


en-noun

12 (countable and uncountable, plural 12s)

(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1260. (1260° spin)


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1080. (1080° spin)


ski run

(skiing) A trail or slope used for skiing


EN

EN (countable and uncountable, plural ENs)

(ice hockey, floorball) Initialism of empty net.


drop the gloves

en-verb

drop the gloves (third-person singular simple present drops the gloves, present participle dropping the gloves, simple past and past participle dropped the gloves)

drops the gloves (present singular third-person)
dropping the gloves (participle present)
dropped the gloves (participle past)
dropped the gloves (past)

From the practice of ice hockey players of removing their heavy gloves before striking blows in fistfights.

Nobody used to care when players such as John Ferguson, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard dropped the gloves, because they could play the game, too.

2007 March 27, Mike Brophy, “Getting rid of the goons”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 2008-10-14:

(Canada and US, ice hockey, idiomatic) To fight.


fakie

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(skateboarding, snowboarding) The riding backwards of the board, in the opposite stance.


red line

(ice hockey) The thick red line on the ice which divides the rink in half.


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1440. (1440° spin)


magic carpet

The relaunch of the railway comes alongside other major improvement works including new 'magic carpet' conveyor belts for skiers using the beginner slopes.

2023 April 5, “News in pictures: New livery adorns Cairngorm funicular”, in RAIL, number 980, page 28:

(skiing) A conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders.


snowboard cross

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(snowboarding) A downhill snowboard race over obstacles with many simultaneous racers.


boardercross

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I knew Jamie went in for boardercross racing sometimes, but that wasn't really my thing. Boardercross is like motocross on a snowboard; riders race down the hill, and it's more about speed than style.

2010, Erin Thomas, Boarder Patrol, page 3:

(snowboarding) Synonym of snowboard cross


high-sticking

(ice hockey) A penalized action in the sport of ice hockey where a player knowingly or inadvertently raises (the hand-grip part of) his stick above shoulder level.


dump out

dump out (third-person singular simple present dumps out, present participle dumping out, simple past and past participle dumped out)

dumps out (present singular third-person)
dumping out (participle present)
dumped out (participle past)
dumped out (past)

(transitive, ice hockey, of a defensive player) To gain control of the puck and shoot it into the neutral zone.


hockey tape

(ice hockey) fabric tape used to wrap the hockey blade of a hockey stick


hockey net

(ice hockey) a goal cage that contains the scoring zone where the hockey puck must enter to score a goal


hockey bag

(ice hockey) A large bag for all the equipment of a hockey player: hockey skates, hockey stick, shin pads, shoulder pads, helmet, puck, etc.


slap shot

(ice hockey) The fastest shot in hockey, which typically involves levering the stick above the head before swinging it down to strike the puck with maximum power.


hip check

(ice hockey) a maneuver performed by an ice hockey player to take another player out of the play; a maneuver whereby the performer uses his hip to crash into another player, to check their movement


hip check

hip check (third-person singular simple present hip checks, present participle hip checking, simple past and past participle hip checked)

hip checks (present singular third-person)
hip checking (participle present)
hip checked (participle past)
hip checked (past)


cross check

cross check (third-person singular simple present cross checks, present participle cross checking, simple past and past participle cross checked)

cross checks (present singular third-person)
cross checking (participle present)
cross checked (participle past)
cross checked (past)


goal judge

(ice hockey) an ice hockey official who judges whether pucks enter the net and sits directly behind the goal, triggering a red light and siren when a goal is scored.


hockey puck

(ice hockey) A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.


windboard

(climbing, skiing) The hard crust formed by high winds on exposed snow.


Hab

(ice hockey) A member of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.


wrist shot

That wrist shot completely fooled the defenders.

(ice hockey) A shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.


rag the puck

rag the puck (third-person singular simple present rags the puck, present participle ragging the puck, simple past and past participle ragged the puck)

rags the puck (present singular third-person)
ragging the puck (participle present)
ragged the puck (participle past)
ragged the puck (past)

So confident and serene were the Red Wings that despite have several opportunities to attempt empty-netters from their own end, they opted to coolly rag the puck in the neutral zone.

2002 September 11, “Blues frustrated again by Detroit efficiency”, in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 2008-05-12:

(ice hockey) To retain possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, as a deliberate tactic intended to use up time.


stickhandling

(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) Skillful manipulation of the puck or ball with a player's stick, allowing the player to maintain control of the puck or ball.


stickhandle

stickhandle (third-person singular simple present stickhandles, present participle stickhandling, simple past and past participle stickhandled)

stickhandles (present singular third-person)
stickhandling (participle present)
stickhandled (participle past)
stickhandled (past)

Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral-zone open ice.

2008 April 17, Dave Stubbs, “Lots of life left in Bruins”, in The Gazette, Montreal, retrieved 2008-05-13:

(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.


empty netter

(ice hockey) Alternative spelling of empty-netter


empty-net goal

Malik added an empty-net goal with 55 seconds left on a length-of-the-ice shot.

2001 February 19, “Carolina close in on Bruins”, in BBC Sport Online, retrieved 2008-05-14:

(ice hockey) A point scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.


Nordic skiing

pohjoismaiset hiihtolajit

cross-country skiing, biathlon ski jumping collectively

(skiing) nordic skiing, including cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping.


traverse

traverse (third-person singular simple present traverses, present participle traversing, simple past and past participle traversed)

traverses (present singular third-person)
traversing (participle present)
traversed (participle past)
traversed (past)

From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).

the road traversed the face of the ridge as the right-of-way climbed the mountain

The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.

(engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.


snowpack

en-noun

snowpack (countable and uncountable, plural snowpacks)

Alpinist Herman Stelling reportedly noted Thursday that the first few seconds of being swept up in a cataclysmic avalanche was actually pretty fun. “Weeeeeeeee! Yay!” said the visibly overjoyed Stelling, stressing that he felt like a kid again as he was pulled downhill in the 200-mph rush of hardened, detached snowpack.

2024 January 11, “First Seconds Of Being Swept Up By Avalanche Pretty Fun”, in The Onion:

An accumulation of packed snow, usually the seasonal amount.


apricity

From the Latin aprīcitās, noun of quality from aprīcus (“warmed by the sun”).

Apricity, the warmenes of the Sunne in Winter."

1626, H. C. Gent, The English Dictionarie, London: Isaac Iaggard:

APRICITY [Apricitas, L.] Warmth in the Sun, Sun-ſhine. L."

1749, Nathan Bailey, An universal etymological English dictionary, London:

In the midst of this suspense the lady's maid entered. An apricity seemed to illume her countenance. "Well, Frances, have you found it?"

1856, George Raymond, Drafts for Acceptance, London:

(obsolete) The light or warmth of the Sun.


Ina Bauer

Named for Ina Bauer, the German figure skater who invented the move.

(figure skating) A move where the skater skates with the blades parallel, toes pointing in opposite directions.


penalty goal

(ice hockey, soccer, rugby) A goal scored from a penalty.


skijoring

(skiing) The winter sport of a person being towed on skis, especially by sled dogs


twizzle

Alteration of *twissel (“to double”), from twissel (“double, twofold”). More at twissel.

(skating) A figure skating maneuver that is a surface spin that travels across the ice.


twizzle

en-verb

twizzle (third-person singular simple present twizzles, present participle twizzling, simple past and past participle twizzled)

twizzles (present singular third-person)
twizzling (participle present)
twizzled (participle past)
twizzled (past)

(skating) To perform the twizzle maneuver.


prerelease

(skiing) An inadvertent (premature) release of a skiboot from the bindings of a ski, caused by excessive vibration, such as going over an extremely bumpy piste.


hucking

(mountain biking, snowboarding, snowmobiling, kayaking) The action of to huck; The practice of making big jumps (off precipices).

mountain biking; kayaking; mountain biking; kayaking


goaltending

(ice hockey) The activity of a goaltender.


goaltend

goaltend (third-person singular simple present goaltends, present participle goaltending, simple past and past participle goaltended)

goaltends (present singular third-person)
goaltending (participle present)
goaltended (participle past)
goaltended (past)

(ice hockey) To act as a goaltender, to tend goal, to mind the nets.


telemark skiing

Named after the Telemark region in Norway.

(skiing) A method of skiing using the telemark turn and using a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country skiing.


telemark turn

(skiing) A turn led with the heel flat on the downhill ski while the uphill ski is pulled beneath the skier's body with a flexed knee and raised heel.


telemark

en-noun

telemark (countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)

/ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/

From Norwegian Telemark, a county in Norway, from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (“name of an old Germanic tribe”) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

(uncountable, skiing) Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.


telemark

en-verb

telemark (third-person singular simple present telemarks, present participle telemarking, simple past and past participle telemarked)

telemarks (present singular third-person)
telemarking (participle present)
telemarked (participle past)
telemarked (past)

/ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/

(skiing, intransitive) To take part in telemark skiing.

(skiing, intransitive) To perform a telemark turn.


downhiller

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(skiing) A skier who participates in the downhill.


NHLer

(ice hockey) Someone who plays ice hockey in the NHL.


netminding

He said he would make sure the Hall's selection committee included women, academics, legislators and representatives from across the republic rather than just Prague -- an approach as unorthodox as his Slinky-for-a-spine netminding style.

2009 January 11, Jeff Z. Klein, Stu Hackel, “Canucks Are Bolstered With Arrival of Sundin”, in New York Times:

(ice hockey, field hockey) goalkeeping, goaltending


superpipe

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Open since 1972, the resort overlooks the northwestern shore of Lake Tahoe and has 89 mostly intermediate trails on its 2,904 acres, as well as a 420-foot superpipe and eight terrain parks.

2009 January 23, Nick Kaye, “Martis Camp & Naos”, in New York Times:

(sports, skiing, snowboarding) A large halfpipe, used in certain gravity-based extreme sports such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing


outskate

outskate (third-person singular simple present outskates, present participle outskating, simple past and past participle outskated)

outskates (present singular third-person)
outskating (participle present)
outskated (participle past)
outskated (past)

“Jeremy outskated him right after he skated well,” Abbott’s coach, Tom Zakrajsek, said of Abbott’s short program after Lysacek’s strong performance.

2009 January 24, Juliet Macur, “Weir and Lysacek Find Company at the Top”, in New York Times:

(ice hockey, skating, transitive) To skate better than.


skiercross

From skier + -cross, by analogy with the snowboarding competition of boardercross.

A new skiercross pro tour is on the docket, as well as freeskiing. Just like racing, both require strong but supple legs rather than jackhammer quads.

(skiing) A downhill skiing discipline over obstacles with many simultaneous racers.


Gordie Howe hat trick

en-noun

Gordie Howe hat trick (plural Gordie Howe hat tricks)

From Gordie Howe + hat trick.
Named for Gordie Howe (1928-2016), considered one of the all-time best ice hockey players, but known for his tendency to fight.

"Basil got a ‘Gordie Howe hat trick’," Dave Gagner said. "He scored a goal, got an assist on the winner and got into a fight. A hell of a fight!"

1989 December 17, “North Stars Snap Road Slump 4-3”, in St. Paul Pioneer Press, retrieved 2013-09-21:

"Last February against Anaheim," Severyn said . . . "I got a Gordie Howe hat trick that night. You know, a goal, a fight and an assist."

1996 November 23, Rick Sadowski, “Severyn has starring role as AVs trip up Islanders”, in Rocky Mountain News, retrieved 2013-09-21:

The assist came in the first period. . . . The goal came later in the first. . . . Then in the third, to complete the Gordie Howe hat trick, the fight just happened, said Milan Lucic.

2010 October 20, Fluto Shinzawa, “Lucic settles a score and Bruins capitalize”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 2013-09-21:

(Canada and US, ice hockey) The triple achievement of a goal, an assist for a goal, and participation in a fight, within a single game.

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slopestyle

French: slopestyle

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From slope + style or a blend of slope + freestyle.

Even a snow-block version of the Great Wall could not protect the athletes from the cold wind that blew through Saturday’s slopestyle competition at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.

2022 April 2, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times:

(skiing, snowboarding) A discipline of freestyle skiing or snowboarding involving an obstacle course.


special team

(ice hockey) A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was penalized in hopes of killing the penalty, or more offensive players than usual on the team with the advantage in players to increase the chance of scoring a goal.


cannonading

en-adj

cannonading (comparative more cannonading, superlative most cannonading)

more cannonading (comparative)
most cannonading (superlative)

(ice hockey) A Gallivanism; Pertaining to a hard shot


ski lift

A device that transports skiers up a mountain.

remuntador

a device that transports skiers up a mountain


forecheck

en-verb

forecheck (third-person singular simple present forechecks, present participle forechecking, simple past and past participle forechecked)

forechecks (present singular third-person)
forechecking (participle present)
forechecked (participle past)
forechecked (past)

Moore said Lemaire used centres more like third defencemen, while Leaf coach Ron Wilson likes his centres to forecheck.

2009 January 28, Kevin McGran, “Leafs' call-up Justin Pogge overwhelmed on Wild night”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) To pressure the puck carrier for the opposing team


synchronized skating

A discipline of figure skating where 8–20 skaters skate in a team, doing synchronous movements and precise formations with precise timing.


synchronised skating

Synchronized skating
w:Synchronized skating

A discipline of figure skating where 8–20 skaters skate in a team, doing simultaneous movements and precise formations with precise timing.


blueliner

From blue + liner, after blue line in hockey.

On Saturday, hard-luck blueliner Mike Van Ryn was blasted into the end boards by Montreal forward Max Pacioretty and isn't expected to be available for a week or perhaps longer with a lower body injury.

2009 February 9, Damien Cox, “Leafs struggle to patch up blue line”, in Toronto Star:


backcheck

backcheck (third-person singular simple present backchecks, present participle backchecking, simple past and past participle backchecked)

backchecks (present singular third-person)
backchecking (participle present)
backchecked (participle past)
backchecked (past)

Any time you've got a guy who can score 63 goals, let him, and find someone else to backcheck.

1984, Walter Gretzky, Charles Taylor, Jim Taylor, Gretzky : from the Back Yard Rink to the Stanley Cup, page 128:

(transitive, ice hockey) To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one's own goal.

2004, Bruce Driver, Clare Wharton, The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Hockey, page 81:
A smart defensive player knows when to backcheck the puck carrier and when to backcheck to cover an open player.
Hockey has no greater test of your heart and intensity than your willingness to backcheck, particularly at the end of a sustained attack when the other team has suddenly come up with the puck and you are feeling exhausted.

1994, Jack Falla, Hockey: Learn to Play the Modern Way, page 134:

It’s been a real team effort, a commitment to defense and backchecking by everybody.

2007 March 26, Lynn Zinser, “Rangers Stay Cool in Another Pressure-Filled Win”, in New York Times:

(intransitive, ice hockey) To engage in checking while skating toward or near one's own goal.


ball up

ball up (third-person singular simple present balls up, present participle balling up, simple past and past participle balled up)

balls up (present singular third-person)
balling up (participle present)
balled up (participle past)
balled up (past)

(skiing, of skis) To become covered in damp snow.


summerlong

“We don’t want it to be a summerlong event, though,” said Corrigan O’Donohue, a lieutenant with the Royal Oak Police Department.

2007 August 3, Mary M. Chapman, “Growing Pains for a Yearly Tribute to Classic American Cars”, in New York Times:


wrister

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The opening goal, a wrister by Cal Clutterbuck over Pogge's shoulder from 30 feet out, was certainly one he'd like back.

(ice hockey) A wrist shot, a shot made primarily with a wrist motion


salchow

Named after the Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow.

Naomi Nari Nam and Themi Leftheris had a chance to grab a world team spot after Inoue and Baldwin stumbled, but Nam fell to a knee trying to land a throw triple salchow and also fell on the next throw, a triple loop.

2007 January 27, Lynn Zinser, “Sights Set on Title, Meissner Is All Smiles”, in New York Times:

A figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air.


centreman

Before you have a chance to react, it's ricocheted from winger to centreman to net.

2009 January 25, Sarah Barmak Special to the Star, “Worshipping a tiny, perfect, occasionally bloody game”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey, Australian rules football) The player in the position of centre.


skier day

(skiing) A day of skiing purchased in a ski area, used to measure the number of skiers in any one particular ski area. A season pass is generally considered to be twenty (20) skier days.


nordic

en-adj

nordic (comparative more nordic, superlative most nordic)

more nordic (comparative)
most nordic (superlative)

Coordinate term: alpine

The resort’s terrain, known for its excellent tree skiing, also includes nordic trails and thousands of untracked acres reachable by snowcat on guided trips.

2008 January 25, Nick Kaye, “Trappers Creek at Schweitzer Mountain Resort and Alea”, in New York Times:


face off

(sports, chiefly ice hockey) The starting point in a match of ice hockey, where two players face each other to snatch the puck.


bleu, blanc et rouge

bleu (canonical)
blanc (canonical)
et rouge (canonical)

From French bleu, blanc et rouge (literally “blue, white and red”).

der

Nashville Predators Voice Pete Weber says of hockey's bleu, blanc et rouge, “Montreal Canadiens fans care too much.”

2012, Curt Smith, Mercy!: A Celebration of Fenway Park's Centennial Told Through Red Sox Radio and TV:

Hitting the NHL during the 1985–86 season, he not only debuted in the famed bleu, blanc, et rouge but guided the squad to Lord Stanley's Cup.

2015, Jon Waldman, He Shoots, He Saves: The Story of Hockey's Collectable Treasures:

(Quebec, ice hockey) The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club.


leaf peeper

Those "leaf peepers" (that's what you will be to locals) whose New England wanderings lead them through Amherst, Boston, Cambridge, [...]

1984, Robert L. Sammons, Travel Holiday, volume 162, Floral Park, N.Y.: Travel Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52:

Actually, I'm a leaf peeper myself in May, and when the trail began its acute northwest ascent into the Berkshire foothills west of Greenfield, I found myself marveling at the thousands of pale shades of green and yellow and pink in the new May leaves that walled the roadside and formed a canopy overhead.

1995, William G. Tapply, chapter 9, in The Seventh Enemy: A Brady Coyne Book, New York, N.Y.: Otto Penzler Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Integrated Media, 2013, →ISBN:

Fall colors bring leaf peepers out of the woodwork, making it a challenge to find uncrowded roads.

1995 September, “Technicolor Road Trips”, in Snow Country, volume 10, number 5, Trumbull, Conn.: NYT Sports/Leisure Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, image caption, page 237, column 3:

The valley was stunning this time of year in particular, which drove thousands of leaf-peepers to enter the Mount Washington Valley by busloads to take in the splendor that lay for all to see.

2004, Donna Marie Robie, chapter 5, in One Quiet Night: Murder in New Hampshire, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 22:

Perched on a peak amidst the leaf peeper’s paradise of Western North Carolina, Fire Mountain Inn is a secluded retreat with close ties to the land.

2007 October, “Best Places to Catch Fall Color”, in Rebecca Burns, editor, Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.: Emmis Publishing, →ISSN, page 244, column 3:

[T]hey found the ski lifts were operating, taking leaf peepers up to the summit to view the beautiful fall foliage.

2014, Christyne Butler, chapter 5, in The Last-chance Maverick (Harlequin Special Edition), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 81:

A magnet for leaf-peeper pilgrimages, the color is brilliant in autumn, sweeping over the knolls and rises of the landscape.

2014, Marcia Glassman-Jaffe, “The Berkshires”, in Amy Lyons, editor, Fun with the Family: Massachusetts: Hundreds of Ideas for Day Trips with the Kids (Fun with the Family Series), 8th edition, Guilford, Conn.: GPP Travel, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 1:

[R]aisin-apple butter muffins [...] We love apples, and apples in the fall are a big deal around here. There are heirloom apple tastings, thousands of home-baked apple pies are sold to leaf-peepers, and fresh cider is pressed along the side of the road.

2015, Nancy Cain, “Quick Breads, Breakfast Foods, and Muffins”, in Against the Grain: Extraordinary Gluten-free Recipes Made from Real, All-natural Ingredients, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter Publishers, →ISBN:

(US, slang) A tree sightseer who enjoys observing the leaves change color in the autumn.


layback

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From lay + back (presumably from confusion between lay and lie).

Mirai Nagasu, like Zhang a promising 14-year-old, showed equally astonishing flexibility on a layback spin Wednesday, leaning so far that the back of her head nearly touched her backside.

2008 January 24, Pat Borzi, “Figure Skating's Next Ones Are Closing in on Their Moment”, in New York Times:

(figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice; also called a layback spin.

(skateboarding, snowboarding) A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.


figure skate

en-verb

figure skate (third-person singular simple present figure skates, present participle figure skating, simple past and past participle figure skated)

figure skates (present singular third-person)
figure skating (participle present)
figure skated (participle past)
figure skated (past)


power forward

(ice hockey) A forward who is capable of both rugged physical play and scoring goals.


wall ride

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX) A trick where the rider makes the bottom of the board touch the side of a wall.


boardslide

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(snowboarding) A slide trick, where the boarder balances the snowboard at its centre, between the two boot bindings, and slides along the width of the board.