often attributive
1
: skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (such as flags)
2
: a timed race (as on skis or in an automobile or kayak) over a winding or zigzag course past a series of flags or markers
broadly
: movement over a zigzag route
slalomed; slaloming; slaloms
: to move over a zigzag course in or as if in a slalom
Examples of slalom in a Sentence
Verb
slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier
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Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
With 108 World Cup victories on Shiffrin’s resume, 71 of them in the slalom, even her US teammate Jacqueline Wiles figured the day was as good as done.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Moltzan figured Shiffrin would slalom down the course and win the combined, for her and Johnson, by at least a second.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
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Noun
The slalom course at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre is set up on the bottom portion of the downhill course, and not especially steep or icy relative to other tracks.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
With 108 World Cup victories on Shiffrin’s resume, 71 of them in the slalom, even her US teammate Jacqueline Wiles figured the day was as good as done.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
Verb
Similar to slalom on skis, two snowboarders race downhill side-by-side weaving back and forth past gates or flags.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Moltzan figured Shiffrin would slalom down the course and win the combined, for her and Johnson, by at least a second.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Slalom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slalom. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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