DOWNHILL

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships. "Downhill skiing" is a commonly used term that is synonymous with "alpine skiing" to denote the sport and recreational activity of alpine skiing.

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downhill

Noun

  1. The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing
  2. A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing

Adjective

  1. located down a slope or hill
  2. going down a slope or a hill
  3. easy
  4. deteriorating, getting worse
    After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.

Adverb

  1. Down a slope
    Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there


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