offwing

The Czechoslovaks' stick work is exquisite, and they also exploit their use of the "offwing" — a right-handed shooter, for example, will play the left wing.

1980, Gerald Eskenazi, Miracle on ice, page 16:

If they have the ability, it is recommended players play their offwing, e.g., right-handed shots play left-side positions ( P1, P2, P4).

It would require moving Nylander to his offwing on the left, from which he can be lethal with his shot.

2019, Wilbert Timmermans, “Toronto Maple Leafs: Solving the John Tavares Conundrum”, in Fansided:

(field hockey or ice hockey) The wing that is on the opposite side to the player's dominant hand.


goal area

(ice hockey) A semicircle in front of the goal designed to allow the goalie to perform free from interference. Exact rules vary according to the league.

àrea de porteria

ice hockey: semicircle in front of the goal


double jump

(figure skating) A jump that involves two or two-and-a-half rotations in the air.


cruisy

en-adj

cruisy (comparative cruisier, superlative cruisiest)

cruisier (comparative)
cruisiest (superlative)


hiemal

hiemal (comparative more hiemal, superlative most hiemal)

more hiemal (comparative)
most hiemal (superlative)

From Latin hiemālis (“pertaining to winter”), from hiems (“winter”). More at hibernate.

(rare) Of or pertaining to winter, wintry.


between the pipes

A shutout performance calls for a brilliant display between the pipes and Bill was right on the job.

1927 March 12, “Burghs Back In Race for Eastern Hockey Title”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 2009-12-26:

[T]he Finns might just have the best goaltending in the 12-team tournament.

2009, Shawn P. Roarke, "Finland's biggest strength is between the pipes," www.nhl.com (National Hockey League), 19 Feb. (retrieved 26 Dec. 2009)

(ice hockey, lacrosse, idiomatic) Between the goalposts; with respect to or playing the position of goaltender.


inrun

(skiing) In ski jumping, a steep portion of the ramp, where skiers gain speed before taking off.


CHL

(Canada, ice hockey) Initialism of Canadian Hockey League.

(Europe, ice hockey) Initialism of Champions Hockey League.

(ice hockey) Initialism of Central Hockey League.


hockey skate

(ice hockey) A type of ice skate used in ice hockey, with a smooth skate blade attached to a skate boot via two pillars, one at the heel and one at the ball of the foot.


off-pister

(skiing) Someone who skis or snowboards off-piste


wedel

en-verb

wedel (third-person singular simple present wedels, present participle wedeling, simple past and past participle wedeled)

wedels (present singular third-person)
wedeling (participle present)
wedeled (participle past)
wedeled (past)


calefactory

* Borrowed from Medieval Latin calefactorium.

bor+

(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.


freshie

en-noun

freshie (countable and uncountable, plural freshies)

From fresh + -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.

(uncountable, colloquial, skiing) Freshly fallen snow.


hockeyer

Borrowed from French hockeyeur or Dutch hockeyer.

Be glad that hockeyers seem to be still allowed Pj!

1996 October 6, Pluised by Own, “Bear Hunt Update”, in alt.cuddle (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-14:

Feh! Try rushing your 400 pounds of brute meat on a REAL* hockey player... If he manage to not break his skull by falling on the ice, we'll see if he can survive the fully trained warrior that is a hockeyer having dropped the gloves ;P

1998 June 27, Alain Cislaghi, “WOMEN!!!! (just another rant)”, in alt.gothic (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-14:

To me, nickname (Spring)boks is referring to any South African national team. The hockeyers are often referred to as Springboks, as well as the cricketers.

1999 December 6, Mees Roelofs, “Springbok Jersey”, in rec.sport.rugby.union (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-14:

(non-native speakers' English) A hockey player.


puck-handling

Dazzling puck handling by the visitors, but college men break up swift attacks. [headline]

1921 March 12, Boston Daily Globe, page 6:

[…] Flyers dominated the game with superior skating, checking, passing and puck-handling.

1965 May 15, Kingston Whig-Standard, page 9:

(ice hockey) The ability to control the puck; stickhandling.


Broad Street Bullies

From the location of home ice, the hockey rink "The Spectrum" on Broad Street, and their style of play, reminiscent of bullying.

(ice hockey, Canada, US, dated) nickname of the Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970s era


Battle of Alberta

(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames teams of the NHL


Frozen Four

(ice hockey, US, informal) The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(ice hockey, US, informal) The final two rounds of the NCAA Division I tournament.

These two teams have an amazing number of Frozen Fours between them.

(ice hockey, US, informal) An appearance in the Frozen Four.


waxable

(chiefly skiing) Suitable for being waxed.


forechecker

He was the greatest forechecker the team had ever seen.


flanger

(US) A mechanical device used to remove ice and snow from railway lines.


snowsure

en-adj

snowsure (comparative more snowsure, superlative most snowsure)

more snowsure (comparative)
most snowsure (superlative)

And then there's snowsure Sportgastein further up the valley, and the big Dorfgastein-Grossarl circuit down the valley. Add together all these areas and there's more than enough to keep even the keenest skier happy for a week.

1995, Chris Gill, Dave Watts, Where to Ski:

For beginners, the nursery slope at village level in La Clusaz could not be more convenient, and the other, more snowsure ones up the mountain at the top of the Beauregard cable car and at Cret du Merle are even better.

One of Switzerland's largest and most snowsure ski areas that is virtually unknown internationally.

2007, Peter Hardy, Felice Hardy, The Great Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2008:


sidecut

The inner curvature of a ski or snowboard that allows smoother turning.


lipslide

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(skateboarding, snowboarding) A manoeuvre in which the board slides along a structure on its front or back lip


skate over

en-verb

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

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

(ice hockey) To defeat convincingly; trounce.


Battle of Quebec

From being a rivalry where the two rivals are located in the province of Quebec.

(ice hockey, Canada) competition between the Montreal Canadiens of Montreal and Quebec Nordiques of Quebec City in the NHL from 1979–80 to 1994–95.


Battle of Ontario

(ice hockey, Canada) the competition between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators NHL teams


yard-sale

en-adj

yard-sale (comparative more yard-sale, superlative most yard-sale)

more yard-sale (comparative)
most yard-sale (superlative)

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Pertaining to a yardsale (bad crash).


WJHC

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of World Junior Hockey Championships. — the world IIHF under-20 championship for ice hockey.


windhold

en-noun

windhold (usually uncountable, plural windholds)

With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.

(skiing) A state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.


rabi

Borrowed from Hindustani ربیع (rabī) / रबी (rabī),
from Persian ربیع (rabi'), from Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”).

...I made out that he would be here before the rabi harvest is ripe; the corn is green enough yet, but I thought that after work I would come over here to meet him.

The monsoon had failed at the beginning but picked up very well later, so the rabi crop would be just fine and the wars they mentioned had taken place a year and a half ago.

1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 120:


(sports, snowboarding) Clipping of 1980. (1980° spin)


snap shot

The other maior shot is the snap shot. It is like a cousin of the wrist shot. It is a little faster than the wrist shot and requires less movement with the stick.

2014, Chris Peters, Girls' Hockey, →ISBN, page 15:

(field hockey or ice hockey) A quick shot executed by moving the stick parallel to the ground and ending with a snap of the wrist.


skiboard

A short ski used in the sport of skiboarding.


sin-bin

Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts.

2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:


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)

That is how it stayed until the break and just when Wales needed to keep their composure, tight-head prop Mitchell was sin-binned for killing the ball at a ruck and Flood kicked the penalty.

2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:

The game was never going to be won by how good a team attacks, though, but with defence. When captain Kolisi was sin-binned for a high tackle, the Boks could've easily capitulated.

2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online:

(sports) To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.


PEN

en-noun

PEN (countable and uncountable, plural PENs)

(speed skating) Abbreviation of penalty. (a scorecard score when a skater is penalized out of their skate)


LAK

(ice hockey) Initialism of Los Angeles Kings.


puck palace

It was easily the most spirited battle of speed and brawn offered in the Detroit puck palace this winter.

1936 December 21, Vern DeGeer, “Wings Beat Bruins 4-3”, in Windsor Daily Star, Canada, retrieved 2011-05-11, page 3:

However, a new puck palace in the Manitoba capital could eventually have a connection with Calgary hockey.

1954 March 20, Gorde Hunter, “The Neutral Zone”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 2011-05-11, page 34:

To see the utilitarian hockey center transformed into a puck palace similar to the Minnesota Wild's home ice should bring chills to even the most staid fans.

2008 July 6, Randy Krebs, “SCSU's plan deserves much praise”, in St. Cloud Times, USA, retrieved 2011-05-11, page B6:

(Canada, Northern US, ice hockey, informal) An arena containing a rink and spectator seating for playing and viewing ice hockey, especially one which is considered to be well-equipped and state-of-the-art.


nollie

Gagnon’s final run might have been better, but he fell on his last trick, a nollie heelflip 360.

2007 August 6, Matt Higgins, “No Snow, but White Still Provides the Sizzle”, in New York Times:

(skateboarding, snowboarding) A variation of the ollie where the rider uses the front foot to pop the nose down and the back foot to scrape backwards to achieve lift off of the ground.


funbox

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(skateboarding, snowboarding) A feature of a skatepark consisting of a tabletop connected to ramps and sometimes other features.


christie

Named after the city of Kristiania (now Oslo) in Norway.

(skiing) A high-speed ski turn in which the skis are kept parallel.


overskate

en-verb

overskate (third-person singular simple present overskates, present participle overskating, simple past and past participle overskated)

overskates (present singular third-person)
overskating (participle present)
overskated (participle past)
overskated (past)

Boyle’s goal, which came after Rangers defenseman Jason Strudwick overskated the puck behind the net to give the Kings an easy pass out front, came 13 minutes 8 seconds into the first period.

2008 February 6, Lynn Zinser, “After 3 Road Victories, Rangers Falter at Home”, in New York Times:

(transitive, ice hockey) To skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.


winterlong

David and Deena Fishman in the Palm Courtyard of their winterlong vacation haunt, the Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla.

2008 February 8, Joanne Kaufman, “Checking In for the Long Haul”, in New York Times:


heelside

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heelside turn

(board sports) the side of the board nearest the heel.


toeside

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toeside turn

(board sports) the side of the board nearest the toe.


pack out

pack out (third-person singular simple present packs out, present participle packing out, simple past and past participle packed out)

packs out (present singular third-person)
packing out (participle present)
packed out (participle past)
packed out (past)

(intransitive, skiing, of snow) To become quite compacted; to become tightly-packed.


death spiral

There are four types of death spirals, named for the edge on which the lady is skating—forward outside, forward inside, back outside, or back inside.

2002, Carole Shulman, The Complete Book of Figure Skating, →ISBN, page 194:

(pairs figure skating) A manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.


kitty bar the door

They played kitty bar the door and won 1-0.

(chiefly ice hockey) Very defensively; so as to prevent opponents from scoring.


little summer of St. Luke

en-noun

little summer of St. Luke (plural little summers of St. Luke)

St. Luke's summer
St. Luke's summer#English


St. Luke's summer

to me there was something infinitely pathetic and appealing in the idea of the egg having a sort of St. Luke's summer of commercial usefulness.

1904, ‘Saki’, “Reginald's Rubaiyat”, in Reginald:

Almost every virtue of every season is contracted into the little span of St. Luke's summer, the very vintage of the year's juices.

1934, Sir William Beech Thomas, The Yeoman's England:

A short period of warm weather around St Luke's Day (18 October); an Indian summer (also figuratively).


chip shot

[I]n the Canadian curling championship . . . Florian scored with last rock on the first end and picked up another on the second when Ernie came up too fast on a chip shot and missed by a foot.

1962 March 8, Tom Melville, “Big Win for Saskatchewan”, in Leader Post, Canada, retrieved 2011-10-17, page 26:

(curling) A takeout shot aimed at hitting a rock at an angle.


terrain park

...and observed double diamond terrain features of terrain park, which was designed for advanced skiers and snowboarders who chose to recreate in a very challenging risk-filled environment...

1968, Bancroft-Whitney Company, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, American jurisprudence trials: an encyclopedic guide to the modern practices, techniques, and tactics used in preparing and trying cases, with model programs for the handling of all types of litigation, Volume 15, page 42:

The Niseko terrain park and half pipe, also lit in the evening, has large tabletops, rails, and kickers. Wonderland Park has spines, waves, hits, and rails for various skill levels.

2010, Lois Friedland, Marc Lallanilla, Jennifer Swetzoff, Charlie O’Malley, chapter 3, in Frommer's 500 Adrenaline Adventures, →ISBN, page 147:

An area in a park type setting, often within a ski resort, designed for snowboarding or sometimes skiing and typically containing features such as ramps and rails for sliding on.


geländesprung

(skiing) Alternative form of gelandesprung


geländeläufer

From German Geländeläufer, from Gelände (“countryside”) + Läufer (“runner”), equivalent to English land + loper.

compound

(skiing) A cross-country skier; a participant in cross-country skiing.


langlauf

en-noun

langlauf (countable and uncountable, plural langlaufs)

Horn's job was to push me down the steepest parts of the langlauf course in the pious hope that a few heavy falls would teach me more respect for Norwegian langlaufs.

1948, Arnold Lunn, Mountains of Memory, page 204:

I'm buying a rowing machine, an exercise bicycle, a langlauf podium, a bullworker.

2010, Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, page 95:

Cross-country skiing
cross-country skiing

There, overcome by the view and a sense of pure delight, one loses the last vestige of human reason, binds planks to one's feet and rushes downward, over wind-crust and powdered snow, over icy ridges and drifted fences, with jumps, turns, traverses, langlaufs and schuss-runs into the valley.

1935, Erich Kästner, Three Men in the Snow: A Story, page 55:

The winter of '98 saw the Sunset Mine kept open by means of what sounds like one of the toughest langlaufs of all time.

1937, The Ski Bulletin - Volume 7, Issues 14-15:

He went on langlaufs to develop endurance.

1949, Louis R. Oshins, Champions' Book of Sports, page 137:

Those who were drinking "sipped at long glasses of gluhwein, a delicious concoction of warmed burgundy, cinnamon and raisins, and chattered about the day's runs, about technical aspects of langlaufs, cornices, laniéres and christies.

(countable) A langlauf run; a trip cross-country skiing.


langlauf

en-verb

langlauf (third-person singular simple present langlaufs, present participle langlaufing, simple past and past participle langlaufed)

langlaufs (present singular third-person)
langlaufing (participle present)
langlaufed (participle past)
langlaufed (past)

He who langlaufs last langlaufs longest.

1970 October, “Ski Sayings”, in Skiing, volume 23, number 2, page 158:

‘Weekends the family make excursions. Romp in the woods, langlauf, play badminton.’

1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 286:

He langlaufed across the small plateau that tilted gently upward, and paused on the ridge.

1996, Jack Higgins, The Valhalla Exchange, page 251:

They langlaufed into Hot Sulphur Springs at 9 p.m., and found the Grand Ball in progress.

2011 Nov-Dec, “Winter Carnival Centennial”, in Skiing Heritage Journal, volume 23, number 6, page 6:

We then langlaufed over to 'Higgie' (Mt Higginbottom) and finally back to the Diamantina about 3.30.

2012, Norman N. Greenwood, Recollections of a Scientist: Boyhood and Youth in Australia:

cross-country skiing
cross-country skiing


gelandesprung

/ɡəˈlɛndəˌʃpɹʊŋ/

From German Geländesprung, equivalent to Gelände (“countryside, terrain”) + Sprung (“jump”). More at land, spring.

compound

Ove Nygren, the motorcycle-racing man-child of the U.S. Pro Tour, was among the air-happy honchos who thought the event should include a gelandesprung.

1994, “The World's Greatest Skiers?”, in Skiing, volume 47, number 3, page 152:

Gelandesprung literally means terrain jump.

2009, “Snowbowl Gelande Championship”, in Montana Snowbowl, retrieved 2012-02-04:

(skiing) A jump, usually over an obstacle, made in downhill skiing.


gelande

The base area is adorned with an immense gelande jump, off which qualified skiers regularly catch 200 feet of air.

1993, “The Secret Kingdom of Ski Bums”, in Skiing, volume 46, number 1, page 110:

Gelande is a two day ski jump event attracting national media as well as jumpers from all over the U.S.

Little Cottonwood Canyon has a rich history with gelande competitions, and watching skiers soar over 200 feet is not something you get to see every day.

2009 April 19, “Skiers Take Flight at Snowbird Gelande”, in First Tracks:

But somewhere along the way gelande quaffing was lost and the aprés spirit forgotten.

2010 April 9, “'Gelande Quaffing' competition Saturday in Vail Valley”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Vail, CO: Vail Daily:

(skiing) a shortening of gelandesprung, a form of ski jumping.


SJS

(ice hockey) Initialism of San Jose Sharks.


T-stop

(skating) A method of stopping by placing one foot perpendicular to, and behind, the other, thereby forming a T shape.


T-stop

en-verb

T-stop (third-person singular simple present T-stops, present participle T-stopping, simple past and past participle T-stopped)

T-stops (present singular third-person)
T-stopping (participle present)
T-stopped (participle past)
T-stopped (past)

(intransitive, skating) To perform a T-stop.


hockey stop

(skating, skiing) A method of stopping by rapidly bringing the feet perpendicular to the direction of motion.


hockey stop

hockey stop (third-person singular simple present hockey stops, present participle hockey stopping, simple past and past participle hockey stopped)

hockey stops (present singular third-person)
hockey stopping (participle present)
hockey stopped (participle past)
hockey stopped (past)

(intransitive, skating, skiing) To perform a hockey stop.


IIHF

/ˈdʌb.əɫˌaɪˌeɪtʃˌɛf/

/aɪˌaɪˌeɪtʃˌɛf/

(sports, ice hockey) Initialism of International Ice Hockey Federation.


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(snowboarding) A trick in which the boarder reaches the trailing hand back between the legs and grabs the heel edge of the board between the feet.


chair lift

A drive to exploit the Highlands as a winter sports area, with all the necessary auxiliaries, such as chair lifts in the Cairngorms, shows increasing promise, [...].

1962 September, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—1”, in Modern Railways, page 163:


wood-sere

From Maie til October leaue cropping, for why?
in wood sere, whatsoeuer thou croppest wil dy

1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:

(obsolete) The time when there is no sap in the trees; the winter season.


crampet

(curling) A metal plate for a player to stand on when delivering the stones.


snow bunny

(Canada, US, slang) An inexperienced, usually female skier.

(Canada, US, slang) A young, attractive, female skier; a sexually active young woman attracted to the promiscuous après-ski way of life.

Snow bunny, I pledge to funk you baby / You sexy lady, my only temptation / Let me tell you that you look so good to me / And let me tell you that you're my snow bunny

2017, Bootsy Collins (lyrics and music), “Snow Bunny”, in World Wide Funk:

A while back I was casually involved with a guy. He was also black. As we watched a show in his dorm room one night, he turned to me, arm still wrapped around my shoulder, and said, “You know, you’re pretty lucky.” I turned to look at him, ignoring the cramp forming in my neck from the awkward angle to feign a flirty smile, “And why is that?” “I almost never go for black girls; I love snow bunnies.”

2018, Cheyenne Porcher, “Snow Bunnies Aren’t a Type and Neither Am I”, in Washington Square News:

(African-American Vernacular, slang) A sexually attractive white woman.

MARY: If they was real black men, they wouldn't be up in that white club looking for some snow bunnies!

2007, Chuck Smith, Best Black Plays, page 99:

“So, snow bunny, what should black women do? How do we...oh, how do I say this... cure our brothas of this widespread, pasty disease?” I didn't reply. Again, I tried to step away. Again, she grabbed my arm.

2010, James W. Lewis, Sellout, page 107:

Interracial player talk casts Black men as campus lotharios, pursued by relentless white women called “jersey chasers” and “snow bunnies.” Craig, an athlete, says, “The amount of white women who are just kind of tossin’ themselves at Black athletes is abundant.” Nick says, “We could kind of—it sounds kind of bad, we could pick and choose who we want to talk to, and most of us chose white women.”

2012, Amy C. Wilkins, “Stigma and status: Interracial intimacy and intersectional identities among black college men”, in Gender & Society, page 175:

Jaydon Acquino, 18, a Black man who moved from outside of Indianapolis to San Francisco, says that when he started high school, the White guys said, “You could get almost any girl because you’re the new Black guy.” The guys joked about “snow bunnies,” White girls who are into Black guys, he says.

2020, Shafia Zaloom, “Black teens talk about dating in White communities”, in The Washington Post:

(African-American Vernacular, slang, sometimes derogatory, ethnic slur) A white woman who pursues sexual relationships with black men.

bunny hopper

African-American man who sleeps with a white woman


shot clock

(ice hockey) A counter of the total shots on net for a team in a game; or average shots on net per unit time for a game.


squaw winter

squaw + winter. The Narragansett word squaw was applied by Europeans to a large number of unrelated things; see the Derived terms section of the entry squaw.

(US, New York) An early onset of winter, an early (October) cold snap, often followed by flurries of snow.


St. Martin's summer

en-noun

St. Martin's summer (plural St. Martin's summers)

A period of warm weather in early November.


duck walk

The start is critical to the race's outcome. Racers run on their skates, lurching toward the first turn with a furious duck walk.

1998, Kevin Hillstrom et al., The Handy Sports Answer Book, page 410:

Generally skaters run on their stops until they are about to fall forward; then they change to the Duck Walk.

1979, Ann-Victoria Phillips, The Complete Book of Roller-Skating, page 195:

(skating) A means of acceleration, moving with each foot turned 45 degrees from the forward position.


Rangers

(ice hockey) The team New York Rangers, located in New York City.


goal suck

From goal + suck (“self-pitying person”, noun).

A chicken is often called a “goal suck”, a “one way player” or a “cherry picker” during the course of his deviant career. These three types all involve an emphasis on scoring goals and avoiding situations and places on the ice where physical confrontations are likely to occur.

1983, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Proceedings, page 14:

His team mates called him a goal-suck, but were pleased that he was.

1993, Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada - Issues 9-10, page 9:

Gretzky always broke out of his own zone really early — in shinny terms he'd be called a goal suck — while the other team still had the puck.

1999, Andrew Podnieks, The Great One: The Life and Times of Wayne Gretzky, page 1:

Included with each CD was a ballot, which the Hansons asked people to sign and return, boosting Williams for the Hall ahead of “some of those fancy-schmancy, no-hitting prima-donna whining millionaire goal sucks.”

2009, Don Weekes, The Biggest Book of Hockey Trivia, Vancouver: Greystone Books, page 76:

He was seen as an out-of-shape goal suck capable of only one thing: flinging the puck into the net every few games.

2016 June 7, James Mirtle, “Phil Kessel's playoff performance is proof he was fine in Toronto”, in The Globe and Mail:

(derogatory ice hockey slang) A player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work of moving the puck down the ice. One who goal-sucks.


goal-suck

en-verb

goal-suck (third-person singular simple present goal-sucks, present participle goal-sucking, simple past and past participle goal-sucked)

goal-sucks (present singular third-person)
goal-sucking (participle present)
goal-sucked (participle past)
goal-sucked (past)

[p 77] But the essential rules were the same everywhere: no goal-sucking, no raising, unless whoever’s younger brother was stuck in goal was also foolish enough to wear shin-pads, no long shots, no throwing your stick to stop a breakaway.
[p 88] Forwards lurked near their opponents’ line and called for the puck by banging their sticks on the ice until someone hollered goal-sucking.
[p 238] Old rules came back. Anderson threw his stick along the ice at a breaking-away Semenko—how graceful he looked from this perspective!—and Semenko was awarded an automatic goal. Driscoll was called for goal-sucking.

1981, Peter Gzowski, The Game of Our Lives, Surrey, B.C.: Heritage House Publishing, published 2004:

[p 63] goal-sucking [i.e., waiting near the opponent’s goal for a long pass and ensuing scoring opportunity]
[p 64] In shinny, everyone wins. Though rules are scaled back, the game is not loosened beyond all form, and the driving competitive element remains. [. . .] ‘Goal-sucking’ is banned because there are neither offsides nor referees to judge them.

2010, Jason Blake, Canadian Hockey Literature, Toronto: University of Toronto Press:

For a second Charlie was tempted to goal suck and look for the stretch pass.

2012, David Skuy, Game Time: Overtime, →ISBN, page 181:

Wound up with nothing to show for his night except a well-deserved -1 in the dying seconds when he was goal-sucking out at the blueline for an empty netter while his man slipped into the slot to narrow the lead to one.

2013 March 17, Bruce McCurdy, “Edmonton Oilers player grades — Oil's 3-2 win over Preds no beauty, but 2 points are 2 points”, in Edmonton Journal:

(derogatory, ice hockey, slang, intransitive) To loiter near the opposing net, hoping to score an easy goal.


boot out

boot out (third-person singular simple present boots out, present participle booting out, simple past and past participle booted out)

boots out (present singular third-person)
booting out (participle present)
booted out (participle past)
booted out (past)

(intransitive, skiing, skating) To fall or slide out of a turn due to excessive lean, which causes the athlete's boot to contact and pivot on the surface and the proper surface contact element to lose contact and traction.


suicide pass

suicide + pass
Deriving from the likelihood of being checked off the play and losing possession of the puck, being a suicidal act in puck possession.

(ice hockey) a pass going up-ice where the passee must look behind towards the passer for the location of the puck, therefore being left unaware of opposition players further up-ice, allowing the passee to be checked from a blind spot


overpush

(skating) A movement of the leading leg laterally under the body, generating momentum


underpush

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(skating) A movement of the trailing leg laterally under the body, generating momentum.


bunny slope

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A ski area with a gentle slope, usually used for novice skiers or snowboarders.


ski bunny

(slang, skiing) An attractive female at a ski resort, especially one who is more interested in being seen than in skiing.


snowkiting

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The outdoor winter sport of gliding on snow or ice by means of kite power.


snow plow

(American spelling) Alternative form of snowplow


snow plow

snow plow (third-person singular simple present snow plows, present participle snow plowing, simple past and past participle snow plowed)

snow plows (present singular third-person)
snow plowing (participle present)
snow plowed (participle past)
snow plowed (past)


buttcheck

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(US, snowboarding) The act of putting one's behind down to check a fall, while staying sliding along the snow on the snowboard.


buttcheck

buttcheck (third-person singular simple present buttchecks, present participle buttchecking, simple past and past participle buttchecked)

buttchecks (present singular third-person)
buttchecking (participle present)
buttchecked (participle past)
buttchecked (past)

(US, snowboarding) To put one's behind down to check a fall, while staying sliding along the snow on the snowboard.


sideslipper

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(snowboarding, freestyle skiing) a staff member on a halfpipe who reshapes the slope to keep the halfpipe usable, through sideslipping, shaving on the sides aboard their snowboards


draw weight

(curling) The force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).


PGS

parallel giant slalom
parallel giant slalom#English

(snowboarding) Initialism of parallel giant slalom.


kiss and cry

Harding had seemed physically discomfited earlier as she awaited her marks in the kiss and cry corner.

1994 Feb. 24, Mike Rowbottom, "Winter Olympics / Ice Skating," The Independent (UK) (retrieved 201 Feb 2014)

The seating area where skaters wait for the judges' scores is called the "kiss and cry" for good reason.

2001 October 23, Mark Starr, “Starr Gazing: Kwan's Big Breakup”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2014-02-21:

With cameras in their faces, figure skaters awaiting their scores in the kiss-and-cry area offer a scene unlike any other.

2010 February 21, Juliet Macur, “After Skating, a Unique Olympic Event: Crying”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-02-21:

The deafening crowd . . . chanted and stomped their feet when Stolbova and Klimov came on the ice and Canada's pairs skaters were still sitting in the kiss and cry waiting for their scores.

2014 February 8, “Canadian pairs finish second in free skate, but Russia leads by 6 in team event”, in Winnipeg Free Press, Canada, retrieved 2014-02-21:

(idiomatic, figure skating, sometimes hyphenated (especially when used attributively)) The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.

figure skating; sometimes hyphenated (especially when used attributively); figure skating; sometimes hyphenated (especially when used attributively)


PSL

en-noun

PSL (countable and uncountable, plural PSLs)

(snowboarding) Initialism of parallel slalom.


highback

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(snowboarding) Part of a boot binding that extends from the back of the foot to cover the lower leg.


T-bar

(skiing) A type of ski lift where skiers/snowboarders are dragged up the ski run while they slide along on their skis/snowboards on the slope. They hang onto a T-shaped bar, a crossbar handle and a lead shaft linking to the drive cable.


hash mark

(ice hockey) One of the parallel lines on either side of the face-off circles.


Original Six

(ice hockey) The six oldest National Hockey League franchises still in existence (Blackhawks, Bruins, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Rangers and Red Wings)


powder hound

(skiing, slang) A skier who favours powdery snow.


inwicking

(curling) The act of making a stone strike at an angle on the inner side of another.


outwicking

(curling) The act of making a stone strike at an angle on the outer side of another.


preturn

(skiing) The movement that leads into a turn.


skate skiing

One of the two major styles of cross-country skiing, in which the skier proceeds on an even surface instead of tracks, using a technique which resembles ice skating.


shoosh

en-verb

shoosh (third-person singular simple present shooshes, present participle shooshing, simple past and past participle shooshed)

shooshes (present singular third-person)
shooshing (participle present)
shooshed (participle past)
shooshed (past)

"Sh!"
"I won't shoosh!["]

1916, George Barr McCutcheon, From the Housetops, Chicago, New York: M. A. Donohue, page 110:

She raised two fingers to Boogaloo's lips, lightly touched them, shooshed him quiet.

2012, Fred Arroyo, “A Case of Consolation”, in Western Avenue and Other Fictions (Camino del Sol), Tucson: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 8:

Actually, what she'd be telling him now was to get Ed home. Because he was really crying.
'Shoosh Ed, shoosh little Eddie-boy.'

2021, Breton Dukes, “What Sort of Man”, in What Sort of Man and other stories, Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press, →ISBN:

To shush, to hush, to be quiet; to tell someone to be quiet.

The lift capacity, ever growing to meet demand, already enables 10,000 skiers to be whisked to the "top of the world " every hour, so enthusiasts spend a lot more time shooshing than standing around.

1974 October 20, Skiing, volume 27, number 2, page 8:

One crisp day in 1950, Head stood in the bowl of Tuckerman's Ravine in New Hampshire and watched instructor Clif Taylor come skimming over the lip of the headwall, do a fishtail on the fall line and sweep into a long, graceful curve, shooshing to a stop in front of the beaming inventor.

1980 September 29, Ray Kennedy, “Howard Head says 'I'm giving up the Thing World'”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 53, number 14, pages 68–69:

Teaching aside, a lot of the time it's my job to translate — ski lingo, that is. Like when people ask me what it is to 'shoosh'. And I'll explain it's carving turns down gentle slopes.

1989 September 20, “Talk about fun! Canada: The world next door [advertisement]”, in Skiing, volume 42, number 1, page 279:

To ski, especially in a gentle downhill curve.


mogully

en-adj

mogully (comparative more mogully, superlative most mogully)

more mogully (comparative)
most mogully (superlative)


Old Man Winter

[…] the media like to humanize the weather, to suggest that we’re in some kind of grim battle with Old Man Winter when it’s cold or snowy […]

2001, Sara Foss, The Daily Gazette: Speaking of the weather:

It is interesting how we personalize or humanize certain forces which we cannot control like "Mother Nature" and "Old Man Winter".

2002, Robert H. Claxton, Claxton on Williams and Duedall, Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, 1871-2001:

They also have humanized time and weather, with such references as "Father Time" and "Old Man Winter", "Mother Earth" and "Hurricane Floyd".

2003, Scotland Miles, Don't Take Me To Your Leader, →ISBN, pages 28–29:

Oxford University Press
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sucker tracks

(skiing) Tracks left by an experienced skier in a closed or dangerous area that may be followed by a less experienced skier who does not understand the risks.


winter road

A type of temporary road that is only accessible in continuous long-term subfreezing weather, typically only open during deep winter, across terrain that in warmer weather is composed of mud, muskeg, swamp, open water, and similar.


ice road

A type of winter road, built on frozen terrain and frozen bodies of water, with a road surface built from ice, typically reinforced by freezing applied water onto the top.


ice bridge

An ice control structure on a river, to control flowing river ice, that spans the breadth of the river, and may have a traversable roadway on top.

The ice bridge thus successfully inaugurated continued in operation until March 31, when the thaw having begun to affect the ice, the management ordered the track to be dismantled rather than risk accident.

1941 March, Andrew Paterson, “The Montreal Ice Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 112:

A type of ice road, a floating-bridge-like roadway made of floating ice atop a body of water.

A type of ice road, a causeway-like road across a body of water, made of full-depth ice, where from the road surface to the lakebed or riverbed is solid ice.


avalement

en-noun

avalement (usually uncountable, plural avalements)

On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.

1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109:

(skiing) A technique of flexing the knees while skiing.


black diamond

black diamond (countable and uncountable, plural black diamonds)

(skiing) A symbol representing a steep and relatively difficult trail, typically of a 40% gradient or above.


nonskiing

Not relating to, or not taking part in, the sport of skiing.


volcanic winter

volcanic winter (plural volcanic winters)

Coordinate term: nuclear winter

(climatology) A reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscuring the Sun and raising Earth's albedo (increasing the reflection of solar radiation) after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption.

vulkaanwinter

reduction in global temperatures after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption


sitzmark

(skiing) An indentation in the snow made by a fallen skier.


TBL

Tampa Bay Lightning
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(ice hockey) Initialism of Tampa Bay Lightning.


cross-check

en-verb

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)

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


EPL

(ice hockey) Initialism of English Premier League.


puckstopping

He couldn't protect the lead, the OT produced his most confident puckstopping of the night and the shootout, well, he didn't win it and didn't make a save.

2009 February 20, Damien Cox, “Valuable learning experience for young Pogge”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) The state of being a goalkeeper


buy when it snows, sell when it goes

There is a phenomenon in stock market investment known as "seasonality." In Canada we sometimes summarize it with the epithet "Buy when it snows, sell when it goes."

2007 May 10, Peter McKenzie-Brown, “Sell in May and Stay Away!”, in Language Matters, retrieved 2015-10-13:

Most years, he says, investors can make money by simply holding broad indices, such as the S&P 500 and Canada's S&P/TSX Composite, from Oct. 28 to May 5, when they tend to make most of their gains, and then selling. If that's too hard to remember, Vialoux has a handy catch phrase: “Buy when it snows! Sell when it goes!”

2010 October 21, Paul Marshman, “Buy when it snows, sell when it goes!”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 2015-10-13:

According to Carlo R. Besenius, CEO of Creative Global Investments in Luxembourg, the trade, known as "buy when it snows, sell when it goes," was profitable in 53 of the past 61 periods. In a recent note, he pointed out that Munich, Geneva, Luxembourg, and Calgary had their first snowfall on Sunday, Oct. 28. He credits annual recurring events such as transactions for tax purposes and the holidays, among others.

2012 November 3, Robin Goodwin Blumenthal, “Season for Stocks: Let It Snow, Let It Snow?”, in Barron's, retrieved 2015-10-13:

(business, stock market, chiefly northern US and Canada) Stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the cold winter months from November through April than in the warm months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.


puckhandler

He was a great goaltender but a poor puckhandler.

Even the defencemen, most of whom are smart, mobile puckhandlers, pinch in more often.

2009 April 7, Paul Hunter, “Devils aim to exorcise demons”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) A player skilled or involved in puck-handling.


stickhandler

(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) A player who is skilled in stickhandling.


five-hole

From traditional ice hockey instruction on shooting and scoring at the hockey net goal and goalie, where the fifth target is the central space underneath the goaltender.

(ice hockey) The space between a goaltender's legs.


go five-hole

go five-hole (third-person singular simple present goes five-hole, present participle going five-hole, simple past went five-hole, past participle gone five-hole)

goes five-hole (present singular third-person)
going five-hole (participle present)
went five-hole (past)
gone five-hole (participle past)

(ice hockey) To shoot the puck into the goal between the goaltender's legs.


one-timer

(soccer, ice hockey) A shot, made from a teammate's pass, which is not stopped before shooting.


snogaine

A form of rogaining held in a snowy environment, with participants allowed to use skis or snowshoes.


leaf peeping

(US, informal) The activity of traveling to view and photograph the changing colors of the fall foliage, particularly in New England.


WCH

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of World Cup of Hockey.


Biellmann

Named after Denise Biellmann, who popularized this maneuver, making it her signature move.

(figure skating) a spin on one skate while upright, with one leg in the air, and both hands gripping the figure skate above the figure skater's head


ski patrol

There are six ski patrol stations at Heavenly Ski Resort.

1996, Lake Tahoe Basin, Heavenly Ski Resort Master Plan, Environmental Impact Report:

I tapped the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, but I understand you're the one to see about working on the ski patrol."

2001 December, Ben Bolt, “White-Cross Karma”, in Ski, volume 66, number 4, page 50:

He organized the first ski patrol at Beech Mountain when Tom Brigham lured him from Hound Ears. Beginning with 12 patrollers recruited from Appalachian Ski Mountain and Houn Ears, the ski patrol grew to over 100 members.

2009, Beech Mountain Historical Society, Beech Mountain, →ISBN, page 50:

An organization that provides first aid, rescue, and (in some cases) maintenance services for snow sports areas.


method air

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From method + air. From being a method to make it appear that the person has achieved a higher altitude than they actually have.

(snowboarding, skateboarding) A trick where the boarder grabs the heel edge of the board with their front hand, between their feet, and then pulls the board towards their back, while arching their back and bending knees.


QHL

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of QMJHL. (Quebec Hockey League)

CHL

Canadian Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league

WHL

Western Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league

OHL

Ontario Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league


telemarker

(skiing) One who takes part in telemark skiing.


fat bike

From fat + bike, from the fat tires such bicycles are equipped with, and their correspondingly wider frames needed to accommodate the width of the tires.

(cycling, winter sports) A bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them, which provides better traction on off-road surfaces such as sand or snow.


ski tow

a type of ski lift where skiers are towed along the ground.


winternship

(neologism) An internship during the winter break in the school year.


penalty shot

(ice hockey) A penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender.


CBJ

CBJ sign D Nutivaara to four-year extension.

2018, TSN staff, CBJ sign D Nutivaara to four-year extension, TSN

WPG 1 @ CBJ 2 (OT)

2017, Micah Blake McCurdy, WPG 1 at 2 CBJ (OT), HockeyViz:

Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse.

2018, Associated Press, Tortorella: Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse, canoe.com

Columbus Blue Jackets
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(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of Columbus Blue Jackets.


skate one's lane

skate one's lane (third-person singular simple present skates one's lane, present participle skating one's lane, simple past and past participle skated one's lane)

skates one's lane (present singular third-person)
skating one's lane (participle present)
skated one's lane (participle past)
skated one's lane (past)

Wings should skate their lanes and not go roaming about the ice.

1971, Mark Mulvoy, Ice Hockey, →ISBN, page 48:

When the three-on-two situation develops, coming out of your own end, it is best to work the puck to the middle, where the center should be skating his lane.

1976, Kevin Walsh, Hockey for beginners, →ISBN, page 60:

Their coach, Ray Preston, was a screamer; he yelled at them to cover their man or skate their lanes.

1990, John Smolens, Winter by Degrees, →ISBN, page 25:

(ice hockey) To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to the location of the current action.


Cab

French: Cab

Clipping of Caballero.. From Steve Caballero, professional skateboarder. From Spanish Caballero.

(skateboarding, snowboarding) A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.


NYR

NYR offered to move Lundqvist in February.

2018, TSN staff, NYR offered to move Lundqvist in February, TSN

Quinn informs BU he's taking NYR job.

2018, unknown, New York Rangers, Rotoworld:

Jesper Fast selected as recipient of NYR Player's Player Award for 3rd year in a row.

2018, unknown, Jesper Fast Selected as Recipient of NYR Player's Player Award for 3rd Year in a Row, KO Sports

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New York Rangers.


NYI

Apr 7, NYI (35-47) beat DET, 4-3 OT.

2018, unknown, 2017-18 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics, Hockey Reference

Tor 5, NYI 4

2018, Steve Dangle, LFR11 - Game 78 - Brooklyn Barbecued - Tor 5, NYI 4, Sportsnet

NYI (25-20-5) at VGK (32-12-4)

2018, unknown, “New York Islanders at Vegas Golden Knights - Box Score”, in Fox Sports:

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New York Islanders.


VGK

He let VGK defenseman Shea Theodore have the passing lane that Theodore used to get the puck through a lot of bodies to an open Tomas Nosek.

2018, Alex Kushner, Eric Stephen, “The Golden Knights beat the Capitals in a dramatic Stanley Cup Game 1”, in SB Nation:

Game 1: Winnipeg 4, VGK 2

2018, TC Martin, “VGK Best in the West, Stanley Cup Finals Next”, in Las Vegas Sports Network:

NHL Playoff Appearances: 28 (WAS) vs. 1 (VGK)

2018, Cam Ellis, “2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2018 Tale of the Tape: Washington D.C. vs Las Vegas”, in NBC Sports:

Vegas Golden Knights
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(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of Vegas Golden Knights.


NJD

Carey Price joined Jacques Plante for an incredible Canadiens record in tonight's game against NJD.

2018, BarDown staff, Carey Price joined Jacques Plante for an incredible Canadiens record in tonight's game against NJD, BarDown

Yegor Yakovlev signed a 1 year $925,000 contract with New Jersey (NJD).

2018, unknown, New Jersey Devils 2018 Salary Cap Table, Spotrac

2018, Justin Blades, 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: NJD vs. TBL, CBJ vs. WSH, TOR vs. BOS
NJD vs. TBL

HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Eeli Tolvanen (NSH), Rasmus Sandin (TOR), Ty Smith (NJD), Adam Boqvist (CHI), Denis Gurianov (DAL), ...

2019 October 1, “NHL Trophy Talk: 31 Calder Candidates”, in The Hockey Writers:

(see title)

2019 October 6, “Sabres' Jack Eichel: Goal and assist vs. NJD”, in CBS Sports:

Travis Zajac – Passed Scott Niedermayer for fifth place in GP in NJD franchise history with 893 (Feb. 7, 2019 vs. NYI).

2019 October 11, “DEVILS SATURDAY: New Jersey visits Boston (MSG, 7 pm)”, in Times Herald-Record:

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New Jersey Devils.


Fudd

From Elmer Fudd, a character in Warner Brothers' Bugs Bunny cartoons, from Looney Tunes.

The surrealistic Fudds handle well on hard snow, even at high speeds, but still float nicely in deep snow and crud.

1993 September, S.M., “News From Fat City”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 104:

Compared to the other fats, the Fudd seemed most like a conventional ski in the powder.

1995 September, “Powder”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 89:

The Fudd was favored for its flotation, while the Kahuna earned an “A+” for versatility.

1996 November, “Best Value Skis”, in Snow Country, volume 9, number 7, page 89:

(skiing) A type of fat ski that flares out at the ends.


mop up the ice

mop up the ice (third-person singular simple present mops up the ice, present participle mopping up the ice, simple past and past participle mopped up the ice)

mops up the ice (present singular third-person)
mopping up the ice (participle present)
mopped up the ice (participle past)
mopped up the ice (past)

From the image of cleaning the ice with one's body.

On the other hand, you may see a skater hit all his triples in practice, then he mops up the ice during the competition.

1997, Brian Boitano, Suzanne Harper, Boitano's Edge: Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating, →ISBN, page 90:

At last year's Canadian championships, she KO'd her long-held Olympic dream when she mopped up the ice in her short program.

2007 January 19, Randy Starkman, “Hawker's a scrapper dressed up in sequins”, in Toronto Star:

There are LaBrecque and Bussey mopping up the ice in the usual pratfalls and assorted other spills.

2014 May 9, Lewis Funke, “25th Ice Capades: A Captivating Affair”, in The New York Times:

(figure skating) To fall many times during a performance.


double pole

double pole (third-person singular simple present double poles, present participle double poling, simple past and past participle double poled)

double poles (present singular third-person)
double poling (participle present)
double poled (participle past)
double poled (past)

double-pole technique
double-pole technique#English

(skiing) To ski by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together; to use the double-pole technique.


double-pole technique

en-noun

double-pole technique (countable and uncountable, plural double-pole techniques)

(skiing, uncountable) Synonym of double poling

(skiing, countable) A particular skier's implementation of double poling.


double poling

(skiing) A method of propulsion, where the skier goes forward by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together.


(snowboarding) A skill, where in a jump, the person turns 5 and a half times.


eggflip

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(snowboarding) A variation of an eggplant in which the rider flips over to reenter the halfpipe instead of doing a 180


bluntslide

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(snowboarding) A snowboarding trick in which, at the end of a jump, the snowboard lands on its tail.


liftie

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(informal, skiing, snowboarding) A person who helps novices on and off of a skilift


boot board

(alpine skiing) The part of the ski boot underneath the liner, typically made of plastic or hard foam.


sidecountry

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(informal, skiing, snowboarding) An off-piste terrain


crossboned

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(snowboarding) Having the back leg boned while the front hand holds part of the foot


slackcountry

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geschmozzle

Maybe a corruption of German geschmissen, past participle of schmeißen (“to fling”).

Maybe by the year 2000 we could have the Lincoln Version—four score and seven—dumping 87 skiers geschmozzle-fashion on the top.

(skiing, snowboarding) A style of race in which the skiers or snowboarders all start together.


planker

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fartbag

(informal, skiing) A onesie used in skiing.


straightlining

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(skiing, snowboarding) skiing or snowboarding downhill rapidly


parallel giant slalom

parallel giant slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel giant slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses.

giant slalom

the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version

(countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.


parallel slalom

parallel slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine skiing, a variant of slalom. A sport where two skiers compete head to head on parallel identical slalom courses.

parallel giant slalom

the equivalent event in alpine snowboarding

giant slalom

a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with wider turns

super-G

a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with much wider turns


punch front

From punch + front. From being a front flip from a hard punch into the ground with the feet to effect the jump.

(aerialist skiing) A bad landing that ends with the skier bouncing off the snow and flipping forward, landing on their skis again.


twin tip

From twin + tip. From having forward bow tips on both ends.

(skiing) A type of alpine/freestyle ski, with bow tips on both ends, allowing skiing backwards.


mogulist

(skiing) A skier who specializes in skiing moguls


alpine combined

From alpine + combined. From being an event in the sport of alpine skiing which combines two disciplines.

(skiing) An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers.


big air

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(skiing, snowboarding) A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to obtain height and time in the air to perform acrobatic maneuvers, and land on a landing slope.


underflip

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(skiing, snowboarding) An acrobatic maneuver, initiated while in mid-air, performing a backflip by flicking one's head back over one shoulder, making the body flip underneath the board or skis.


JNS

(skiing, snowboarding) Abbreviation of jump not scored. (a score on a scoresheet, for an insufficient/incomplete judged jump)


technical skier

technical skier (plural technical skiers)

technical discipline
technical discipline

(skiing) A skier who specializes in technical skiing, the technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine skiing are downhill and super-G)

speedskier

a skier who specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing


technical skiing

(skiing) The technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine skiing are downhill and super-G)


speedskier

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speed skier (formal alpine skiing of super-G and downhill)

speed skier

(skiing) A skier to specializes in speedskiing (a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing, where the skier tries to set the fastest trap speed at a spot or lowest time across a zone with the highest speeds)


speed skiing

(skiing) The speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine skiing are slalom and giant slalom)

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speedskiing


speed skier

(skiing) A skier who specializes in speed skiing, the speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine skiing are slalom and giant slalom)

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speedskier (a skier to specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine)


speedskiing

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speed skiing (super-G and downhill of formal alpine skiing)

speed skiing

(skiing) A discipline of skiing not part of formal alpine skiing, involving skiing as quickly as possible down a straight piste; where the skier tries to set the fastest trap speed at a spot or lowest time across a zone with the highest speeds.


alpine skier

(skiing) A skier who specializes in alpine skiing (the disciplines of super-G, giant slalom, slalom, downhill)


downhill skiing

cross-country skiing

skiing that primarily involves skiing across flatland

(recreational skiing) Recreational skiing that primarily involves skiing down slopes.


cross-country skier

cross-country skier (plural cross-country skiers)

(skiing) A skier who participates in cross-country skiing.

biegacz narciarski

someone who participates in cross-country skiing


barrel jump

A jump in barrel jumping. A jump over barrels following a buildup of speed on ice skates.


alpine snowboard

alpine snowboard (plural alpine snowboards)

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A snowboard variant used in alpine snowboarding. A narrow snowboard, with one upturned front tip and a tail, appearing similar to an extremely wide ski. Unlike a normal snowboard, both bindings on alpine boards are angled to mount boots angling forward, and have bindings similar to ski bindings, to mount snowboard boots similar to ski boots; although the binding mounting locations are similar to regular snowboards.


snurfing

2022 February 7, Emily Martin, “Snowboarding was once called 'snurfing'—and other winter sport histories”, in National Geographic, retrieved 2022-02-07:


icecross

From ice + -cross.
Formed in analogy to skicross, boardercross, BMX, motocross; and being raced on ice.

(skating) An ice skating sport, involving racing over an obstacle course similar to that found in snowboardcross, skiercross, or BMX.

icecross downhill

a discipline of icecross, involving a downhill course, like that of boarder-X or skier-X, except on ice instead of snow


roller sledge hockey

(field hockey or ice hockey) A parasport, an adapted form of roller hockey, and a floor version of (ice) sledge hockey, where disabled athletes rid atop roller sledges (roller sleds), and propel themselves with a pair of roller sledge hockey sticks, that function as canes/"walking sticks" and hockey sticks. Various variants of roller sledge hockey use different configurations of wheels.


do a Bradbury

en-verb

do a Bradbury (third-person singular simple present does a Bradbury, present participle doing a Bradbury, simple past did a Bradbury, past participle done a Bradbury)

does a Bradbury (present singular third-person)
doing a Bradbury (participle present)
did a Bradbury (past)
done a Bradbury (participle past)

Inspired by Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury, who won a gold medal in the 1,000m short-track speed skating event at the 2002 Winter Olympics after all of his opponents were involved in a last corner pile-up.

(Australia) To triumph unexpectedly in a sporting event, especially due to luck or the misfortune of others.


blackthorn winter

en-noun

blackthorn winter (plural blackthorn winters)

So-called because it (typically) falls when blackthorn is flowering.

Blackthorn winters were most severe; (I.) a week at the end of March; (II.) April 13th to 26th. Two perennial springs, in different ranges of hills, failed.

1885, Great Britain. Meteorological Office, British Rainfall, page 98:

An inveterate custom of English conversation, combined with the engaging versatility of the English climate, from which the custom derives both its origin and its vigour, must be our excuse for devoting some specific attention to this branch of the English weather. … In similar fashion we made observe, mutatis mutandis, of the blackthorn winter that, though small, it is peculiarly bitter. … Providence does not invariably temper the wind of the blackthorn winter for him. On the contrary, he too often finds that a balmy north-easter will effectually temper the rise of the May-fly, …

1888 May 19, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, section Blackthorn Winter, page 590

[...] when, sick for home, she stood in tears amid the alien corn, the chimp's sad heart was charmed by no nightingale, for the bird had not yet returned to Stotfield, and what corn was showing was but a scanty acid green, ragged among the flints of those chilly fields. It was the blackthorn winter, and Emily, who had been sent out to gather primroses, found the thin stuff dress she now wore, designed by Amy to resemble the drabbest of charity child's garments, to be but a miserable covering ...

1957, John Collier, His Monkey Wife: or Married to a Chimp, →ISBN, page 62:

A similar term was 'blackthorn winter', which perhaps referred to the frequent cold snaps that occur when the sloes, or blackthorns, flower in late March or April. Blackthorn is a relative of hawthorn but flowers earlier, before it produces foliage. Blackthorn is a common hedgerow tree of chalk and limestone areas, where it seems to thrive better and produce more fruit than on acid or clay soils. But a blackthorn winter may shrivel the flowers in bud or deter bees from pollinating the flowers, ...

(especially rustic UK) A period of cold weather in spring or early summer (March, April or May).


blackberry winter

blackberry winter (plural blackberry winters)

So-called because it (typically) falls when blackberries are flowering.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:blackberry winter.

(especially Southern US, Midwestern US) A period of cold weather that falls when blackberries are flowering, or more generally any time in spring or early summer (March, April or May).

sants de glaç

period of cold weather around March, April or May


para-nordic

para nordic skiing
para nordic skiing#English

(skiing) Ellipsis of para nordic skiing.


para nordic skiing

(skiing) A parasport, an adapted form of Nordic skiing.


emergency goalie

emergency goalie (plural emergency goalies)

(ice hockey) A goaltender who will play for either team in the case that their goalies are unable to play.


goalieing

(ice hockey, rare, colloquial) goalkeeping


toe drag

The toe drag is an excellent way to control and protect the puck when moving around defenders. It is a fine motor skill maneuver that is exciting to watch when executed by the pros.

(ice hockey) A deke in which a player uses the toe of their stick to drag the puck back towards themselves and out of a defender's reach.


toe drag

en-verb

toe drag (third-person singular simple present toe drags, present participle toe dragging, simple past and past participle toe dragged)

toe drags (present singular third-person)
toe dragging (participle present)
toe dragged (participle past)
toe dragged (past)


ski-thru

A variant of ski-through; from ski + thru, modelled after drive-thru.

[page 14] [T]wo resort owners in the Ely area were asked if they would be willing to join forces and attempt to get a trail constructed to connect the two businesses and jointly market a ski-thru program. […] [page 15] The end product of this activity was the construction of trail segments linking the existing cross-country ski trails with each other and with the two resorts. In addition to marketing cross-country skiing individually, the two resorts put together a ski-thru package and marketed it in cooperation with Amtrak.

1971, Staff Paper, St. Paul, Minn.: Institute of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 14 and 15:

Three lodges—Borderland, Gunflint Lodge, and Bearskin Lodge—have initiated a ski-thru program. Skiers can tour between lodges. Your gear is transported ahead to be there on arrival.

1982 November, Mitch Mode, “Update: Cross Country Midwest”, in Dick Needham, editor, Ski, volume 47, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Times Mirror Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page CC17, columns 1–2:

The lodge-to-lodge ski-thru program is a co-operative effort of several of the Gunflint Lodges where skiers can stay at different lodges each night and ski different trail systems.

1989, The Boundary Waters Journal: The Magazine of America’s Favorite Wilderness Area, Ely, Minn.: Boundary Waters Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

Recommended hotels include the Tandådalens and the Högfjället. Onkel Jean restaurant is praised for its 'delicious elk steaks'. McSki is the world's first and only ski-thru McDonalds.^([sic])

1999, Peter Hardy, Felice Eyston, editors, The Good Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2000: The Essential Guide to What’s What and Where’s Where in 600 Ski Resorts across Five Continents, Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, →ISBN, page 506:

When fast food chains open outlets in other countries, the architecture must frequently be modified to meet local conditions. The most unusual modification to date is Sweden's McSki, which provides ski-thru service so that skiers "can ski up to the counter and order their favorite McDonald's sandwich without missing a beat on the slopes."

2006, Andrew F. Smith, “Drive-thrus”, in Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 83:

(skiing, informal) Alternative spelling of ski-through


ski-thru

McDonald's / Worldwide locations include Beijing in China, Pushkin Square and Gorky Street in Moscow, and a ski-thru in Sweden. There is also a McDonald's on a ferry which sails between Stockholm and Helsinki.

2004, Angela Pumphrey, Superbrands: An Insight into Britain’s Strongest Brands 2004, London: Superbrands, →ISBN, page 129:

By the late 1990s McDonald’s claimed to be opening a new store somewhere every three hours. In Sweden, that meant a ski-thru.

2015 May, Jeff MacGregor, “Taking Stock of 75 Years of McDonald’s: Has the Original Fast-food Restaurant Finally Reached the End of Its Success?”, in Smithsonian, archived from the original on 2017-08-03:


inwick

(curling) A stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.


spinorama

From spin + -orama. A "Gallivanism" coined by sportscaster Danny Gallivan.

(ice hockey) The action of spinning a full turn while skating with the puck, in order to protect it from opponents.


Birkie

(skiing, informal) The American Birkebeiner, a cross-country ski race.


icetime

(ice hockey, ice skating) Time spent on the ice rink.


TOI

en-noun

TOI (countable and uncountable, plural TOIs)

(ice hockey statistics) Icetime; Abbreviation of time on ice.


ski-through

Deverbal from ski through, modelled after drive-through.

There are four lodges on the Gunflint trail (County Road 12) that are owned by the originators of the first midwest ski-through program. Skiers start at one lodge, ski its trails, and then move out to the main artery trail and ski-through to the next lodge. Their luggage and car will be moved on ahead to the next participating lodge. This gives guests the opportunity to ski many more trails of the Gunflint community […]

1985, Elizabeth Noren, Gary Noren, Ski Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: Nodin Press, →ISBN, page 115:

A ski-through system by Entrelogic will be installed at four resorts this season.

2004, Ski Area Management, volume 43, North Salem, N.Y.: Beardsley Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:

(skiing) Of a ski lodge or other hotel establishment: providing skiers with the service of transporting their equipment, luggage, and vehicles to other establishments so they can ski directly to those establishments.

Families can ski together in a friendly atmosphere on specially marked areas, and you and your children can spend time at our fun-filled Children's Adventure Mountain™ with special ski-through attractions.

1992 September, “Get Away to It All [advertisement]”, in John Fry, editor, Snow Country: The Year-round Magazine of Skiing, Mountain Sports & Living, volume 5, number 5, Trumbull, Conn.: Golf Digest/Tennis, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67:

Resort-level snow and ski-through, car-free village give an Alpine atmosphere.

1994, Chris Gill, Dave Watts, editors, Where to Ski, London: Boxtree, →ISBN, page 149:

All points of entry at the lifts are ski-through and non-contact.

2003, Ski Area Management, volume 42, North Salem, N.Y.: Beardsley Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 86:

(skiing) Of a restaurant, shop, or other establishment or facility: providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.


ski-through

McDonald's and Burger King outlets are everywhere in the developed world. […] There is a ski-through on a slope in Sweden and by now Beijing and Moscow have their own outlets as well.

2016, Martin Beckstein, “Entrepreneurial Space Production”, in The Politics of Economic Life (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory; 63), New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, →ISBN, section 7.2 (Fast-food Chains and the Production of Space):

(skiing) A restaurant, shop, or other establishment providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.


snow kayaking

A winter recreational activity, sometimes a competitive racing sport, where one rides a kayak with kayak paddle, down a snowy slope.


loop jump

(figure skating) An edge jump taking off from a backward, outside edge, in which the skater rotates one to four times.


overager

(ice hockey) A player who is older than the maximum age permitted in a junior league.


japow

(skiing slang) The low-humidity powder snow found in Japan's Snow Country


stomp pad

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(snowboarding) A snowboard component for use removing snow from the bottoms of boots. Typically a metal or plastic plate, attached to the top of the snowboard between the bindings.


nursery slope

(skiing) A relatively undemanding slope for novices.


heel turn

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From heel (“rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg”) + turn; sense 2 (“act of turning around abruptly”) is derived from turn heel or turn on one’s heel.
Sense 4 (“situation in which a wrestler previously identified as a villain changes to being considered a hero”) is a pun on the word heel, which also means “a headlining wrestler whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits”.

compound

Undoubtedly my old diagram was wrong in omitting to show cusps for the heel turns: […]

1880, George Anderson, “Instructions in Skating. Movements Performed on Both Feet.”, in The Art of Skating; […], 4th edition, London: Horace Cox, […], →OCLC, page 38:

Turn D, from outside backwards to inside forwards. This is also a heel turn, but is not so difficult as turn B; a considerable amount of practice, however, will be required before the skater will be able to do it with ease.

1894, Douglas Adams, “The Simple Turns”, in Skating. […] (The All-England Series), London, New York, N.Y.: George Bell & Sons, […], →OCLC, page 26:

The former of the heel turns, called turn D, can be learnt without a fall if taken at a very slow pace; […] if begun slowly and in the correct manner, it is not a figure which need cause a fall. This, unfortunately, cannot be said of the other heel turn, called the B turn, the pierre d'achoppement [stumbling block] of all skaters.

1897 March, Caroline Creyke, “Skating on Artificial Ice”, in James Knowles, editor, The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review, volume XLI, number CCXLI, New York, N.Y.: Leonard Scott Publication Co., […]; London: Sampson Law, Marston & Company, →OCLC, pages 479–480:

When you get a hammer in your hands and learn to turn faster, you will learn about the necessity of "sitting back" against the hammer pull at the low point so that your body weight will shift back to allow you to make the heel turn.

1985, Ken Doherty, Track and Field Omnibook, 4th edition, Los Altos, Calif.: Tafnews Press, →ISBN, page 280:

Heel turns are nearly a mirror image of toe turns: release the edge; pivot the back foot around the front; weight the heel edge and drive. […] First, keep your knees bent and driving forward with the turn. Many beginners push the board away from their bodies in a heel turn, straightening their legs in the process. Instinct tells them that that's the way to get the board on edge. Instead, drop your hips to the inside of the turn and drive with bent knees.

1991, Peter Shelton, “New Tools”, in The Snow Skier’s Bible, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 209:

Most new riders find heel-turns easier to learn than toe-turns. It's purely psychological. The mind likes facing downhill in the direction of travel better than it likes facing uphill while the body is traveling downhill. Eventually both turns will feel equally good. (No, make that GREAT.)

2002, Cindy Kleh, “Getting from Here to There (or Skating)”, in Snowboarding Skills: The Back-to-basics Essentials for All Levels (A Quintet Book), Enderby, Leicester: Silverdale Books, Bookmart, →ISBN, page 38, column 1:

As you enter the first turn, the plane of the hammer's orbit should be much flatter than that of the orbit during the winds. The orbital plane is also usually flatter when making a toe turn than when making a heel turn.

2003, Don Babbitt, “Hammer”, in Jay Silvester, editor, Complete Book of Throws, Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 137:

(chiefly skating, snowboarding) A turn executed by shifting weight on to the heel(s).


NJAC

(Canada, ice hockey) Abbreviation of national junior A championship.

(Canada, ice hockey) Abbreviation of national junior A champion.


stand on one's head

en-verb

stand on one's head (third-person singular simple present stands on one's head, present participle standing on one's head, simple past and past participle stood on one's head)

stands on one's head (present singular third-person)
standing on one's head (participle present)
stood on one's head (participle past)
stood on one's head (past)

(idiomatic, ice hockey, soccer) Of a goalie: to make exceptional saves.


quersprung

His witty book ends with ski specialties such as propeller hops, gazelle christies, the gelaendesprung, the umsprung and the quersprung.

1965, Curtis W. Casewit, Ski Fever: How to Master the Fastest-growing Winter Sport:

A quersprung is a turn done with two poles, one on each side, like a gelundesprung but at a much slower speed.

2001 March, Skiing Heritage Journal, volume 13, number 1, page 7:

(skiing) A kind of jump turn where the skier turns 90 degrees in the air.


black ace

At one time or another every Springfield player was designated a "black ace." According to Kilrea, that meant reporting to the rink at 8:30 in the morning and skating from 9 to 11. Another session followed in the afternoon, from 12 to 2, and Shore would keep his ace, or aces, out on the ice sometimes until 4 P.M. All in the name of discipline.

1985, The New York Times Biographical Service - Volume 16, page 210:

We'd have our morning skate and then I would have the black aces stay out, the guys that weren't gonna dress.

2011, Rob Simpson, Black and Gold: Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs:

We spent a lot of time with the Habs as “black aces” —players who practised with the team as fifth-liners and wouldn't get into the lineup unless there was an injury to one of the veteran players.

2014, Terry Ryan, Tales of a First-Round Nothing: My Life as an NHL Footnote:

(ice hockey) A player from a junior league who is called up by an NHL team after their original team's season has ended and kept as a reserve player.


Dutch roll

(skating) Skating repetitively to right and left on the outer edge of one's skates.


schussboom

schussboom (third-person singular simple present schussbooms, present participle schussbooming, simple past and past participle schussboomed)

schussbooms (present singular third-person)
schussbooming (participle present)
schussboomed (participle past)
schussboomed (past)

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to remind my colleagues who may be planning a trip to Hawaii that they should not forget to pack their snow boots and bring along their skis and pole. Schussbooming in Hawaii? Yes, indeed […]

1968, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates:

They skied the streambed below Gothics's north face. They skied down Mount Haystack, one of the steepest peaks in New York, where Jackrabbit himself is said to have skied. They schussboomed all week long, barely stopping for a rest day.

2008, Adirondack Life, volume 39, page 36:

(skiing) To take part in fast downhill skiing.


double grab

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, motorcycling) A trick that involves grabbing the board, skis, or motorbike with both hands during a jump


Gretzky

Fantasy camp is where would-be Gretzkies can skate with members of professional teams.

(ice hockey, figuratively) Ellipsis of Wayne Gretzky.


swooping season

en-noun

swooping season (plural swooping seasons)

Gymnorhina tibicen
Gymnorhina tibicen#Translingual

(Australia) The breeding season of the Australian magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, in which some individuals take to aggressively swooping at passing humans in defence of their nesting territory.


ski skin

(skiing) A strip attached to the underside of a ski that offers grip when ascending in snow


Haakon flip

Named after Norwegian snowboarder Terje Haakonsen.

named-after

(snowboarding) An aerial maneuver performed in a half-pipe by taking off backwards, and performing an inverted 720° rotation.


home ice

(ice hockey) The rink where a team usually plays


off-ice

They did some off-ice training.

(sports, ice hockey) Not taking place on ice.


Savardian

en-adj

Savardian (comparative more Savardian, superlative most Savardian)

more Savardian (comparative)
most Savardian (superlative)

From Savard + -ian. A "Gallivanism" coined by sportscaster Danny Gallivan.

(ice hockey) Pertaining to Serge Savard or Denis Savard


construction point

en-noun

construction point (plural construction points)

(skiing) A line across a ski jumping hill that indicates the hill's steepest point.


K-point

construction point
construction point#English


backchecker

A smart player and talented backchecker, he worked the angles to get the best shot at his opponent and formed a formidable penalty-killing tandem with Dave Keon.

2021 January 25, “Former Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong dead at 90”, in CBC:

One who backchecks; thus:
(ice hockey) A player who backchecks.

One who backchecks; thus:
A player who backchecks.


Triple Gold Club

(ice hockey) The group of players and coaches who have won the sport's three most important championships—the Olympics, the World Championships, and Stanley Cup.


RHF

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of Russian Hockey Federation.; the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (Russian: Федерация хоккея России, Federatsiya Khokkeya Rossii)

Russian Hockey Federation

The national identifier for Russians in international ice hockey while Russia is under ban by the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport supporting the ban enacted by the World Anti-Doping Agency.


turn stop

(skating) A move by which the skater reverses direction and comes to a halt by means of the toe stops.


dead of winter

Eleanor chronicled both her solo journey from Beijing via the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Novosibirsk and Semipalatinsk and then via sled in the dead of winter to Chuguchak and the couple's subsequent travels in Turkestan Reunion. Their odyssey together across Xinjiang provided the framework for Lattimore's much broader cultural and historical observations in High Tartary.

1995 April 16, Orville Schell, “THE STRANGE ORDEAL OF OWEN LATTIMORE”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-12-08:

(idiomatic) The middle of the winter, characterized by being particularly cold.


skidance

freestyle skiing
freestyle skiing#English

(skiing, dance) A freestyle skiing event, a form of performance dance on alpine skis, performed across flats and choreographed to music.


pregrab

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(skiing, snowboarding) A trick where the performer grabs their board/ski prior to a jump, instead of after the take-off, and keeps grabbing onto their device for as long as the trick requires.


summer vacation

summer vacation (countable and uncountable, plural summer vacations)

(US, Canada) a school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year


stivot

(skiing) A steering pivot turn, a type of rapid turn in alpine skiing. A turn that starts a as a skid, and transitions to a carve.


stivot

en-verb

stivot (third-person singular simple present stivots, present participle stivoting, simple past and past participle stivoted)

stivots (present singular third-person)
stivoting (participle present)
stivoted (participle past)
stivoted (past)


summer holiday

en-noun

summer holiday (countable and uncountable, plural summer holidays)

Coordinate term: winter holiday

(UK, Ireland) A school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year.


winter blues

Seasonal affective disorder
seasonal affective disorder

(informal, psychology) Seasonal affective disorder during the winter season.


short track

short track (countable and uncountable, plural short tracks)

(uncountable, ice skating) A subdiscipline of speed skating, where skaters race around an ice rink, the size of an ice hockey rink; typically in mass start racing, against other skaters in heats.


summerteeth

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An ellipsis of various expressions involving ...some of her teeth, under the influence of summer. Compare butterface.

She's a lovely girl but she's got summerteeth—some are still there, but some ain't.

Always be careful handling your oars or you'll end up with a case of summerteeth.

I glance over and see Mia smiling. "At least it's not some creepy old dude with a bald head and missing teeth."
Shaking my head, I chuckle. "I can't say if he's a toothless wonder or if he has summer teeth. I'm just saying it's a male."

(US, colloquial, humorous) A partially incomplete set of teeth.


WASL

Western Australian Super League
w:Western Australian Super League

(Australia, ice hockey) Initialism of Western Australian Super League.


minor penalty

Distinguished from the longer major penalties when those were established for the 1923–1924 season.

(ice hockey) A penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for 2 minutes or (after the 1955–1956 season) the next score by the opposing team.


Detoilet

Yeah, that made a lot of sense, do you even know the story of his
injury faking in Buffalo? Did you even know he played in Buffalo? Did
you even know who he was before he came to Detoilet?

2003 May 22, Freedom Elz, “Hasek coming back?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.det-redwings (Usenet):

Wow, let's just call the engraver right here, right now! Why even bother to
play
the games, the cup is an automatic gimme for Detoilet right?

2008 January 20, Freedom Elz, “Another Publication rates them...”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche (Usenet):

The Avs will win a cup before Detoilet does again. Our rebuilding has
started, yours is being patchworked with denial.

2009 September 30, Freedom Elz, “Anyone here going to honor our captain tomorrow?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, ice hockey) Detroit Red Wings.


IHL

International Hockey League
w:International Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of International Hockey League.


aerial skiing

Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine took second in men’s aerial skiing on Wednesday, earning the country’s first medal of the Beijing Games.

2022 February 16, Lauren McCarthy, “After winning medals in men’s aerial skiing, a Ukrainian and a Russian athlete embrace.”, in The New York Times:

(skiing) A freestyle skiing discipline where athletes ski down a slope to launch themselves off a kicker (a vertically inclined ramp) and perform multiple twists and flips before landing on an inclined landing hill.


KHL

Kontinental Hockey League
w:Kontinental Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Kontinental Hockey League.


OHL

Ontario Hockey League
w:Ontario Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Ontario Hockey League.


USHL

United States Hockey League
w:United States Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of United States Hockey League.


WCHL

Western Collegiate Hockey League
w:Western Collegiate Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Western Collegiate Hockey League.


AHL

American Hockey League
w:American Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of American Hockey League.


CJAHL

Canadian Junior Hockey League
w:Canadian Junior Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Canadian Junior Hockey League.


QMJHL

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
w:Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.


face-off circle

face-off circle (plural face-off circles)

(ice hockey) A dot in the centre of the ice; where the face-off takes place


high-stick

en-verb

high-stick (third-person singular simple present high-sticks, present participle high-sticking, simple past and past participle high-sticked)

high-sticks (present singular third-person)
high-sticking (participle present)
high-sticked (participle past)
high-sticked (past)

(ice hockey, transitive) To perform high-sticking.


beginner slope

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 ski slope for inexperienced skiers, who may not have skied before.


jump ramp

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(skiing, snowboarding, cycling, skateboarding) A ramp used to be jumped from, and do tricks on the skates/board/skis/bike etc.


speed skater

(skating) A person who competes in the sport of speed skating.


pisted

Some ski instructors are allowed to take groups off-piste too, so long as they don't travel across glaciers, but the tour hosts and reps who commonly show skiers around pisted runs within large resorts are definitely not allowed to go off-piste […]

2014, Alun Richardson, Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing, page 126:


three stars

(ice hockey, US, Canada) The three best players in a game as chosen by a third party.


ice saints

en-noun

ice saints pl (normally plural, singular ice saint)

Perhaps a calque of German Eisheilige; compare French saints de glace.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ice saints.

blackthorn winter
blackthorn winter#English

blackberry winter
blackberry winter#English

A spell of cold weather in May on or around those dates. (Compare blackthorn winter, blackberry winter.)


misty flip

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, sports) An off-axis backside 540° rotation performed in freestyle sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, and trampolining.


off-trail

(skiing) Synonym of off-piste (“not prepared or designated for skiing”)


line brawl

Immediately after the puck dropped, the Rangers and Devils got into a heated line brawl. It started with an expected bout between Matt Rempe and Kurtis MacDermind, but it escalated quickly, as every skater on the ice found a fighting partner.

(ice hockey) An incident in which all of the skaters on the ice are involved in fights at the same time.


dish off

en-verb

dish off (third-person singular simple present dishes off, present participle dishing off, simple past and past participle dished off)

dishes off (present singular third-person)
dishing off (participle present)
dished off (participle past)
dished off (past)

(sports, intransitive, basketball, ice hockey) To pass the ball or puck.


blue square

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of a ski slope of intermediate difficulty, steeper and narrower than a green circle, and with a gradient of 25–40%.


double black diamond

en-noun

double black diamond (plural double black diamonds)

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of the most difficult and dangerous terrain designed for expert skiers and snowboarders, with a gradient of greater than 60%.


green circle

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of a ski slope of the least difficulty, that is usually wide, open, and groomed, with a gradient of 0–25%.


Summerween

2012. Blend of summer + Halloween. Originally coined in animated TV series Gravity Falls.


tailgrab

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(skateboarding, snowboarding) The act of reaching down and grabbing the tail of the board while in the air, typically during a jump or an ollie.


ski bazaar

(skiing) A used ski equipment sale event organized by a ski hill, ski club, ski team, ski store, or ski enthusiasts, where old ski equipment, be it remaindered end of line stock, second hand, former team equipment, or former rental equipment, is put on sale to the public. Typically, the public can also consign their old equipment for sale; and equipment on sale has been inspected for good condition and in-warranty status.


champagne powder

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Champagne powder all day, boys!

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


nosebutter

en-verb

nosebutter (third-person singular simple present nosebutters, present participle nosebuttering, simple past and past participle nosebuttered)

nosebutters (present singular third-person)
nosebuttering (participle present)
nosebuttered (participle past)
nosebuttered (past)

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Coordinate term: tailbutter

(skiing, snowboarding, intransitive) To roll up onto the tips of the skis in order to create a controlled spin.


tailbutter

tailbutter (third-person singular simple present tailbutters, present participle tailbuttering, simple past and past participle tailbuttered)

tailbutters (present singular third-person)
tailbuttering (participle present)
tailbuttered (participle past)
tailbuttered (past)

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Coordinate term: nosebutter

(skiing, snowboarding, intransitive) To spin on the tail of the board while keeping the nose off the snow.