glissade
[verb]
Synonyms: slide, glide, slick, slip, slither

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Related Words: float, fly, sail, scud, shoot, skim

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glissade noun & verb. [glɪ'sɑ:d, -'seɪd] M19.
[French, from glisser slip, slide: see -ADE.]
A. noun.
1. Dancing. A step consisting of a glide or slide in any direction, usu. a joining step. M19.

2. Mountaineering. The action or an act of sliding down a steep slope esp. of snow, usu. on the feet with the support of an ice-axe etc. M19.
b. verb.
1. verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Dancing. Perform a glissade; progress by glissades. M19.

2. Mountaineering. Slide down a steep slope esp. of snow by means of a glissade. M19.

■ glissader noun M19.

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