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ski jumping
noun
- a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ski jumping1
First recorded in 1925–30
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Example Sentences
Clark and Smith took me out for a ski-jumping lesson this morning.
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Ski-jumping to the ordinarily constituted person who tries it for the first time is extremely alarming.
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I came leaping clumsily from point to point with my pole, like a ski-jumping Norwegian, risking my neck at every bound.
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The age limit kept the smaller boys from all hope of taking part, but they at once organized a ski jumping contest of their own.
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This was followed by snow-balling and fancy ski jumping until time to bid each other good-by.
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