schuss

See also: Schuss and Schuß

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃʊs/
• Rhymes: -ʊs

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

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

straight run downhill

• Finnish: oikolasku
• German: Schuss (de) m, Schussfahrt (de) f
• Japanese: 直滑降 (chokkakkō)

Verb

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

to ski a schuss

• French: schusser
• German: schussfahren
• Japanese: 直滑降する (chokkakkō suru)

Cimbrian

Etymology

(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

schuss ?

1. (Luserna) gentian

References

• “schuss” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃus/

• Audio:

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Noun

schuss m (plural schuss)

1. schuss

Derived terms

• schusser

Adverb

schuss

1. quickly

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

Further reading

• “schuss”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.