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schuss.

A straight run downhill.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃʊs/
  1. A straight run downhill.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

verb/ʃʊs/
  1. To ski a schuss.

    When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.