ˈwater-skiing, vbl. n.
Also water skiing, ski-ing.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb, esp. as a sport. Cf. ski-ing vbl. n. 2.
| 1931 N.Y. Times 3 May xx. 15/4 Water skiing is beginning to eclipse canoeing. 1935 Lit. Digest 13 April 46/3 Georges Ducros, European water-skiing champion,..hopes to popularize his speciality here this summer. 1948 M. Murray King & Corpse (1949) xix. 214 Water ski-ing at night is a lot more exciting than in the daytime. 1960 Times 15 Aug. 12/5 (heading) British girl fifth in water-skiing. 1973 ‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea ii. 27 Water ski-ing equipment..including a couple of scuba masks. |