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orbiteer
[awr-bi-teer]
verb (used with object)
to climb (a mountain) in a circular fashion as opposed to scaling.
verb (used without object)
to climb a mountain in this way.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- orbiteering noun
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of orbiteer1
First recorded in 1985–90; orbit ( def. ) (in the sense “move in an orbital or elliptical path”) + -eer ( def. ); possibly coined by Edward “Ned” Gillette (1945-98), U.S. mountaineer, skier, and author
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Example Sentences
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Orders for the Orbiteer have already run over 775,000.
Knox's brainchild, the Orbiteer, is to the Frisbie* what the Fairlane is to the model T. An 18-in. soft-plastic disk of six blades extending from the hub, with a handle shaped like the ionizer of a space station, it is thrown into the wind on an axis perpendicular to the ground.
Inventor Knox, 35, a designer of medical instruments, owns the Orbiteer outright through the Knox Instrument Co., of which he is president.
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