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[ loozh ] / luʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR luge ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe. verb (used without object), luged, lug·ing.to go or race on a luge: to luge at nearly 70 miles per hour. Origin of lugeBorrowed into English from dialectal French around 1900–05 OTHER WORDS FROM lugeluger, nounWords nearby lugelug, Luganda, Lugano, Lugansk, Lugar, luge, Luger, lug foresail, luggage, luggage van, lugger Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lugeOf course, the same is true of luge and that only lasts three minutes. DUP-Up To a Point: Oops, I Enjoyed Soccer|P. J. O’Rourke|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Downhill track sports like luge are technology battles, as exciting as a NASCAR qualifying day. The Stench of Sochi|Alex Berenson|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST The youngest member of the US luge team, 18-year-old Tucker West, deserves some attention, too. Media Coverage of Olympic Terror Threats Shines Spotlight on Wrong Players|Dean Obeidallah|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST There are also certainly examples among skeleton and luge of supreme achievement, limited experience notwithstanding. Is It Really That Easy to be an Olympic Bobsledder?|Kevin Fixler|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Short of a luge run, Blue Heron Farm has the facilities to provide for any recreational whim. A Vacation From the Public Eye|Sam Bungey|August 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST Skates were well-behaved old horses compared to these long, untamed fiends, and a luge was like a tricycle. The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns|Arnold Bennett And the child turned up the hill with her luge, leaving her elders to unknot the situation. The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns|Arnold Bennett Luge propter amorem Jesu Christi, sponsi tui, quosque eum videre possis. The Essence of Christianity|Ludwig Feuerbach Denry, whom nothing could induce to desert his luge, said that obviously "s-k-i" could only spell "planks." The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns|Arnold Bennett We went suddenly round a corner, and quietly and without any fuss whatever Simpson left his luge and rolled on to the track. Once a Week|Alan Alexander Milne
British Dictionary definitions for luge
nouna racing toboggan on which riders lie on their backs, descending feet first Word Origin for lugeC20: from French Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lugebobsled, toboggan, sledge, dogsled, decline, sled |