[sla.lom] n, often attrib [Norw slalam, lit., sloping track] (1921) 1: skiing in a zigzag or wavy course between upright obstacles (as flags)
2: a timed race (as on skis or in an automobile or kayak) over a winding or zigzag course past a series of flags or markers; broadly: movement over a zigzag route
[2]slalom vi (1932): to move over a zigzag course in or as if in a slalom