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tobogganing
English
Verb
tobogganing
- present participle of toboggan
- 1902: Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
- A cascade of small, indignant girls were tobogganing sidewise down the incline.
- 1916: William John Thomas, (John) Doran, Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries
- I froze my toes some years ago, while tobogganing, and was unaware of it until I took off my shoe and walked across the room, when the unusual noise on the boards attracted my attention.
- 2006: Keith Dixon, Altered Life
- I can't win, can I? You think I'm posh and my folks think I'm tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family.
- 1902: Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Noun
tobogganing (usually uncountable, plural tobogganings)
- The use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport.
- 1876: Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: The Universal Geography
- As elsewhere in Canada, winter is the festive season, given up to sledging, skating, "tobogganning," and other outdoor exhilarating amusements.
- 2004: Natalie M Rosinsky, The Algonquin
- Today's Olympic sport called luge is a form of tobogganing.
- 2006: Brenda Koller, The Canadian Rockies Adventure Guide
- There are many winter activities if skiing or snowboarding aren't on your list — guided scenic motorcoach tours, horse-drawn sleigh rides, Johnston Canyon icewalks, ice-fishing, snowshoeing, skating, tobogganing, and more.
- 1876: Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: The Universal Geography
Hyponyms
- luge
- skeleton (sport)
- bobsleigh / bobsledding
- tubing
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bobsleigh
English
Etymology
From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.
Noun
bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)
- (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners
- (Britain) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
- (Britain) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh
Synonyms
- bob
- bobsled (USA/Canada)
Translations
Verb
bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)
- To ride a bobsleigh.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?p.sl?/, /b?p.sl??/
Noun
bobsleigh f (plural bobsleighs)
- bobsleigh
Spanish
Noun
bobsleigh m (plural bobsleighs)
- bobsleigh
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