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Definition of "downhill" []

  • Down the slope of a hill. (adverb)
  • Toward a lower or worse condition: The alcoholic's health went downhill fast. (adverb)
  • Sloping downward; descending. (adjective)
  • Sports Of, relating to, or constituting skiing down a slope: a downhill racer. (adjective)
  • A downhill skiing race. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "downhill" in a sentence
  • "But he made one mistake just before a big jump, and one mistake in downhill is all it takes."
  • "• His fourth-place finish in the downhill is the only time this season Miller hasn't reached the podium in a race that he finished."
  • "In the summers, Del Bosco competed in downhill mountain bike races."