Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar ski shine: ayyuka ko wasanni na yawo a kan dusar ƙanƙara ta amfani da dogayen gudu, kunkuntar, masu sassauƙa da ƙafafu. Ana iya yin wasan kankara don nishaɗi ko kuma a matsayin wasanni masu gasa, kuma akwai nau'o'in wasan tsere daban-daban, ciki har da wasan tseren kankara, wasan tseren kan iyaka, da kuma wasan motsa jiki.