slalom UK /ˈslɑː.ləm/US /ˈslɔ.ləm/noun 5verb 2forms 3 noun5 •[before a noun] The sport of skiing in a zigzag course through gates.Slalom is her strongest Olympic sport.The slalom gates are set closer together. •Any similar activity on other vehicles, including canoes and water skis. •Short for autoslalom •A race or competition wherein participants each perform the sport of slalom.He has won six World Cup slaloms. •A course used for the sport of slalom.These first two slaloms have sixty gates each. verb2 •To race in a slalom. •To move in a slalom-like manner.Snow fell, swirled, slalomed past our windows. — 1988 formsslalomed · slaloming · slaloms