skied

as injump

Synonyms for skied

verb leap, spring

Antonyms for skied

Word Origin & History

1883 (there is an isolated instance from 1755; in early use often spelled skee), from Norwegian ski, related to Old Norse skið "long snowshoe," literally "stick of wood, firewood," cognate with Old English scid "stick of wood," obsolete English shide "piece of wood split off from timber;" Old High German skit, German Scheit "log," from Proto-Germanic *skid- "to divide, split," from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Ski-jumper is from 1894; ski bum first attested 1960; ski-mask is from 1963; noted as part of criminal disguises from 1968.

Example Sentences for skied

If books are 'skied' up to the ceiling they must suffer from the heated air.

They kick-turned and skied back from the sides of the cornice.

Fortunately, most of these last are "skied," which is a blessing!

Out of the worst of the wind, they skied easily back down towards the timberline.

The score was a hundred and twenty when Mike, who had just reached his fifty, skied one to Strachan at cover.

Cautiously, she skied down the trail, finding its frozen surface treacherous, and scarcely familiar.

She had skied over many of the trails of Kettle, but none of them had had "jumps" as difficult as this.

Such pictures were diligently "skied" by hanging committees, and a few hundred dollars was deemed a good price.