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schuss

See also: Schuss and Schuß

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃʊs/
  • Rhymes: -ʊs
  • Audio (UK)(file)
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Noun edit

schuss (plural schusses)

  1. (skiing) A straight run downhill.
    • 1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull:
      The hand slid down the schuss of material and plucked at the hem.

Translations edit

Verb edit

schuss (third-person singular simple present schusses, present participle schussing, simple past and past participle schussed)

  1. To ski a schuss.
    When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural.

Translations edit

Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “semantic loan from ult. from stloppus?”)

Noun edit

schuss ?

  1. (Luserna) gentian

References edit

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

schuss m (plural schuss)

  1. schuss

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

schuss

  1. quickly
    Il y va tout schuss. ― He's off like a shot.

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