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glissade::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | dance step, step |
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | dance |
Examples of glissade
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Either glissade or downclimb the snowfield and head back to the Ranger hut.
From the denverpost.com
If you know how to use an ice ax as a rudder, you can glissade on your butt down open slopes.
From the sfgate.com
If the snow's firm enough that you want to wear your crampons, it's probably too hard to glissade.
From the sacbee.com
He tried to glissade, a move in which one sits and slides, controlling gravity with an ice axe.
From the ocregister.com
Adult emotions of love and grief glissade across the mask of childhood, a childhood that is only skin-deep.
From the en.wikipedia.org
People have been known to glissade with crampons on.
From the sacbee.com
Glissade, a Darley filly, is also fancied against the favourite Mosheen, runner-up to Sepoy in the Golden Slipper.
From the smh.com.au
- (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet
- Perform a glissade, in ballet
- Ballet is a formalized type of dance; ballet dance is usually performed on stage as part of a ballet dance work which includes mime, acting, and is set to music. Dancers can perform either en pointe or demi-pointe; in ballet class, the dancers work either at the barre or in centre floor.
- Glissading is the usually voluntary act of descending a steep slope of snow in a controlled manner either for the sheer thrill of the ride or to bypass tedious scree. Glissading is an alternative to plunge stepping and also cuts down on descent time.
- Glissade was a roller coaster at Busch Gardens Europe in Virginia. The Glissade stood where the Izzy/Wild Maus once stood and today the Curse of DarKastle exists in this spot.
- An exhilarating (or terrifying, depending on the circumstances) slide down snow or ice on one's feet or backside.
- A usually voluntary act of sliding down a steep slope of snow.
- Descending moderate snow slopes under control by sliding on one's feet or rump. Glissading inappropriately steep or icy slopes is the cause of a surprising number of mountaineering accidents.
- A way to quickly descend a snow slope, sitting and sliding down, usually holding and ice axe to be used to slow or stop the slide
