heli-ski en · VERB
Meanings
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To ski down a mountain or glacier that has been reached by helicopter rather than a normal ski lift.
I've guided heli-ski trips where we've been dropped on top of beautiful, untouched, 30-degree slopes.
1997, Sharon Wood as cited in John Graham, Outdoor Leadership, page 106:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heli-skiing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| heli-skis | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| heliski | alternative | lexicographic | |
| heli-skied | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| heli-skied | Tense=Past | lexicographic |