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Princeton's WordNet

  1. water skiverb

    broad ski for skimming over water towed by a speedboat

  2. water skiverb

    ride water skis

Wiktionary

  1. water skinoun

    A broad ski used for water skiing

  2. water skiverb

    To ride on water skis

Wikipedia

  1. water ski

    Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires sufficient area on a stretch of water, one or two skis, a tow boat with tow rope, two or three people (depending on local boating laws), and a personal flotation device. In addition, the skier must have adequate upper and lower body strength, muscular endurance, and good balance. There are water ski participants around the world, in Asia and Australia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. In the United States alone, there are approximately 11 million water skiers and over 900 sanctioned water ski competitions every year. Australia boasts 1.3 million water skiers.There are many options for recreational or competitive water skiers. These include speed skiing, trick skiing, show skiing, slaloming, jumping, barefoot skiing and wakeski. Similar, related sports are wakeboarding, kneeboarding, discing, tubing, and sit-down hydrofoil.

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  1. water ski

    Water skiing is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, while skimming the surface on either one or two skis. It requires balance, upper and lower body strength, and the ability to respond to the movements of the boat or cable.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of water ski in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of water ski in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of water ski in a Sentence

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    We could put [on] a water-ski show in the afternoon and we could at night have a great show like they have in Disneyland, only bigger, and we can have fireworks every night .?.?. that would cover the whole 40 acres as an umbrella.


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