buttcheck

English

noun
Definitions
  • (US) the act of putting one's behind down to check a fall, while staying sliding along the snow on the snowboard

Etymology

Compound from English butt (cart, backside, buttocks, push, boundary mark, flatfish, type of cart, large cask, bottom) + English check.

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English

check

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