downhilling
SayDOWN-hil-ing/ˈdaʊnˌhɪlɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of downhill.
She broke her arm downhilling last winter and hasn't ridden since.
Downhilling at high speed demands sharp reflexes and reliable brakes.
Note
A participle built on a verb that names a sport: to downhill is to take part in downhill skiing. As a gerund it names the activity (downhilling demands nerve). After be it marks action in progress (she was downhilling). Keep it apart from the figurative going downhill, meaning getting worse. That idiom uses the adverb, and downhilling never carries the sense of decline.
downhilling is a form of downhill
downhill, verb: To ski down a hill or slope for sport. Full entry
- Forms
- downhilldownhills he/she/itdownhilling -ing formdownhilled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- downhill → downhilling: add -ing
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