to snowshoe
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4.8
- verb
- /ˈsnoʊˌʃu/
- US
:
caminar con raquetas de nieve
- The tale of two Quebecois with the joual and the tuque and the tobacco-stained teeth... ...who snowshoed their way here and spread their winter carnival vibration.
- snowshoe three miles
- snowshoed and skied
Examples
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So, among other good news, take note that you won't need Dennis Quaid to snowshoe across a frozen landscape to come to your rescue.
Blog text (21) -
As to heavy berry loads indicating that the winter will be hard, we had such a wimpy winter last year in the Boston area that I’d kind of welcome some snow, a blizzard or two that shuts down everything, so I could snowshoe and ski in my neighborhood.
Blog text (21) -
I cannot snowshoe with you.
Fiction book (1998) -
No, I'm snowshoeing in the Alps.
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Did you snowshoe in the Rockies and swim in the Rio Grande?
Academic text (2012) -
She was going to take me snowshoeing up in the canyons.
Fiction book (2000) -
She heard the redhead speak directly to the man: "I'd rather be snowshoeing."
Fiction book (1997) -
I had a special interest in the snags that arose on Fridays after 5 P.M. - the groom who, on the day of the ceremony, was trapped in a cabin east of Lake George and had to snowshoe three miles out to the nearest telephone, or the father of the bride (it was the Lapsley wedding) who wanted to arrive at the ceremony by hydrofoil.
Fiction book (1997) -
We decided to snowshoe across the frozen lake to reach the cabin in the woods.
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Last winter, they took a guided tour to snowshoe through the beautiful snowy landscape.
Compounds
1
6.5
A large North American hare with big feet that turns white in winter and brown in summer
1
3.9
A large North American hare with very big back feet that turns white in winter
Surface Forms
Etymology
To snowshoe as a verb comes from the noun snowshoe and simply means 'to walk with snowshoes', so to snowshoe is to use those wide shoes to move across snow.