slalom vs twine

slalom

verb
  • To move in a slalom-like manner. 

  • To race in a slalom. 

noun
  • A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom. 

  • A course used for the sport of slalom. 

  • The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates. (Often used attributively) 

  • Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis. 

twine

verb
  • To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander. 

  • To ascend in spiral lines about a support; to climb spirally. 

  • To weave together. 

  • To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body. 

  • To wind about; to embrace; to entwine. 

  • To mutually twist together; to become mutually involved; to intertwine. 

noun
  • A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string. 

  • Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations. 

  • The act of twining or winding round. 

  • A twist; a convolution. 

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