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▪ I. ˈwater-ski, n.
Also water ski.
[ski n.]
1. One of a pair of skis enabling the wearer to skim the surface of water when towed by a motor-boat. Cf. ski n. 1 c.
1931N.Y. Times 3 May xx. 15/4 In 1928 a young Viennese student and amateur skier named Joseph Krupka, observing a long-legged waterfly racing over the surface of a rain-barrel, conceived the idea of skiing over water as he had done over snow. That night he worked out on paper the construction of a water ski. 1931Times Educ. Suppl. 5 Sept. p. i/3 A schoolmaster..crossed the Channel..on a pair of water skis. 1952D. Dodge To catch Thief v. 149 A speedboat roared by... A man and a girl on water skis rode the wake. 1973L. Meynell Thirteen Trumpeters iv. 54 I'll lay odds damage to one pair of water skis turns up on my bill.
2. attrib. (repr. water-skiing vbl. n.).
1931N.Y. Times 3 May xx. 15/4 The 1929 water ski champion, Herr Pribitzer of the water-ski rescue section..has attained speeds of more than twelve miles an hour. 1955Sports Illustr. 1 Aug. 27 California water-ski clothes show a penchant for dressing to match from trunks to skis. 1960Housewife May 54/1, I left England..with four pairs of water-skis..to start a water-ski school. 1981Beautiful Brit. Columbia Spring 44/2 Here you can rent autos, water-ski boats, [etc.].
▪ II. ˈwater-ski, v.
Also water ski.
[f. the n.]
intr. To skim over the surface of water on water-skis. Cf. ski v. 1 b.
1953Time 19 Jan. 85/3 Aristotle Socrates Onassis is a Greek-born Argentine who water-skis in the best international circles. 1960Sunday Express 3 July 19/2 What does it cost to water ski? 1971P. Gresswell Environment 217 It is not possible to fish and water-ski in the same place. 1979R. Jaffe Class Reunion (1980) ii. x. 285 They both liked to water-ski. |
