to snowplow
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4.9
To slow down while skiing by turning the skis into a wedge
- verb
- /ˈsnoʊplaʊ/
- Specialized
:
hacer la cuña
- To avoid falling, remember to snowplow when you are heading downhill.
Examples
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Inside, two women in strapless dresses snowplow down a tiny ski slope.
Fiction book (1996) -
As she learned to ski, she would snowplow to control her speed and stop safely.
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When you snowplow, your skis form a V-shape, helping you to slow down.
Antonyms
Compounds
snowplow parent
- Literature
7.5
A parent who removes problems so their child becomes too dependent on them
How Slow
Surface Forms
snowplow infinitive
snowplowed past
snowplowed past participle
snowplowing present participle
snowplows third person singular
Etymology
Snowplow in skiing is named for the shape the skis make when you slow down. When skis form a V shape they push snow to the sides like a plow, so to snowplow is to slow by making that V shape.