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Definition of toboggan in English: toboggannountəˈbɒɡ(ə)ntəˈbɑɡən A long, light, narrow vehicle, typically on runners, used for sliding downhill over snow or ice. Example sentencesExamples - Bring an inner-tube or a roll-up toboggan or something, so if the pigs show up you can pull a fancy Batman escape, zipping down the east face, giggling like an imp.
- Next was on a toboggan: ‘Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.’
- I always used to walk across the lake, skate on it, and even pull toboggans across it…
- To stand on the footbridges that straddle the Run and look up the ice as riders on toboggans hurtle head-first beneath your feet at speeds of 120 km/h or better is to be awed by the boundlessness of human folly.
- In snow, it drove like a toboggan, but with worse steering.
- They were digging holes to make ramps for their toboggans and causing serious damage.
- We then load the blocks onto toboggans, haul them to the ice house, and stack and pack them with sawdust on all sides.
- This is the skeleton, so called because of the distinct appearance of the first metal toboggans.
- The day of the party promises mittens and hats, mufflers and ski pants, toboggans and sleds.
- Beyond a small circle of knuckle draggers with a death wish, will aircraft-grade aluminum toboggans and such sell?
- However, it is not yet clear if the New Year will start on a sufficiently white note to allow children in the Republic to dust off their snowboards and toboggans.
- Fred tells him that he is interested in toboggans.
- Then, my daughter slid off the toboggan head first into a snow bank, and when I pulled her out she took from her mouth her first missing tooth.
- Two smaller toboggans carried the rest of the gear.
- Rumour circulated the next day that some intrepids ventured up to the top of Bourke Street with toboggans in a midnight mission.
- At Pelican Creek, the men unhitched the dogs, rolled up their pants, took off their boots, picked up the toboggan with the calves, and waded across.
- They brought him down the mountain on a toboggan.
- The camp appeared kind of unearthly from a short distance away - two tiny bright yellow pyramid tents, four wooden sledges, and two shining orange toboggans in a vast sea of white, dwarfed by the awesome, dark brown brooding mountains.
- What finally remains of the peaks of Monument Valley when the world goes to sleep, as men depart on their toboggans to live in the suburbs?
- We have a moment to relax before joining a group for our evening activity - ‘bum sliding’ down the pistes on tiny toboggans.
verbtəˈbɒɡ(ə)ntəˈbɑɡən [no object]usually go tobogganingSlide downhill over snow on a toboggan. my kids love to go tobogganing in the park before Christmas dinner we tobogganed down a steep hill nearby Example sentencesExamples - Go tobogganing: If skiing, boarding or snowmobiling are simply beyond your means, go find a cardboard box and a hill.
- Chuck a few snowballs around, maybe make a snowman, go tobogganing - all good fun.
- The actress let out a scream as she tobogganed down a hill at the ski resort of Banff in Alberta, Canada.
- She also enjoyed tobogganing down the Cresta Run.
- I went tobogganing with my sister and her friend, using those big industrial plastic sacks as sledges.
- We went to New Hampshire for a long winter party weekend and at some point one evening decided to toboggan down the empty ski slope before the sun set.
- On the first snow day of the school year, Angelo phoned Squire and asked if he wanted to join him and his brothers tobogganing at the state park which had a good sledding hill.
- The three of us spent four weeks touring around Europe, ending up with friends in Austria, making snow men and tobogganing down the slopes!
- As the country was gripped by cold, children and adults were snowballing and tobogganing.
- There were a group of older kids tobogganing down there, and residents said they were deliberately crashing into the trees.
Origin Early 19th century: from Canadian French tabaganne, from Micmac topaĝan 'sled'. Definition of toboggan in US English: toboggannountəˈbɑɡəntəˈbäɡən A long narrow sled used for the sport of coasting downhill over snow or ice. It typically is made of a lightweight board that is curved upward and backward at the front. Example sentencesExamples - What finally remains of the peaks of Monument Valley when the world goes to sleep, as men depart on their toboggans to live in the suburbs?
- At Pelican Creek, the men unhitched the dogs, rolled up their pants, took off their boots, picked up the toboggan with the calves, and waded across.
- In snow, it drove like a toboggan, but with worse steering.
- However, it is not yet clear if the New Year will start on a sufficiently white note to allow children in the Republic to dust off their snowboards and toboggans.
- The day of the party promises mittens and hats, mufflers and ski pants, toboggans and sleds.
- Bring an inner-tube or a roll-up toboggan or something, so if the pigs show up you can pull a fancy Batman escape, zipping down the east face, giggling like an imp.
- To stand on the footbridges that straddle the Run and look up the ice as riders on toboggans hurtle head-first beneath your feet at speeds of 120 km/h or better is to be awed by the boundlessness of human folly.
- Fred tells him that he is interested in toboggans.
- I always used to walk across the lake, skate on it, and even pull toboggans across it…
- They were digging holes to make ramps for their toboggans and causing serious damage.
- They brought him down the mountain on a toboggan.
- The camp appeared kind of unearthly from a short distance away - two tiny bright yellow pyramid tents, four wooden sledges, and two shining orange toboggans in a vast sea of white, dwarfed by the awesome, dark brown brooding mountains.
- We have a moment to relax before joining a group for our evening activity - ‘bum sliding’ down the pistes on tiny toboggans.
- Then, my daughter slid off the toboggan head first into a snow bank, and when I pulled her out she took from her mouth her first missing tooth.
- Rumour circulated the next day that some intrepids ventured up to the top of Bourke Street with toboggans in a midnight mission.
- This is the skeleton, so called because of the distinct appearance of the first metal toboggans.
- We then load the blocks onto toboggans, haul them to the ice house, and stack and pack them with sawdust on all sides.
- Two smaller toboggans carried the rest of the gear.
- Next was on a toboggan: ‘Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.’
- Beyond a small circle of knuckle draggers with a death wish, will aircraft-grade aluminum toboggans and such sell?
verbtəˈbɑɡəntəˈbäɡən [no object]usually go tobogganingSlide downhill over snow on a toboggan. my kids love to go tobogganing in the park before Christmas dinner we tobogganed down a steep hill nearby Example sentencesExamples - There were a group of older kids tobogganing down there, and residents said they were deliberately crashing into the trees.
- She also enjoyed tobogganing down the Cresta Run.
- The three of us spent four weeks touring around Europe, ending up with friends in Austria, making snow men and tobogganing down the slopes!
- We went to New Hampshire for a long winter party weekend and at some point one evening decided to toboggan down the empty ski slope before the sun set.
- Chuck a few snowballs around, maybe make a snowman, go tobogganing - all good fun.
- I went tobogganing with my sister and her friend, using those big industrial plastic sacks as sledges.
- On the first snow day of the school year, Angelo phoned Squire and asked if he wanted to join him and his brothers tobogganing at the state park which had a good sledding hill.
- Go tobogganing: If skiing, boarding or snowmobiling are simply beyond your means, go find a cardboard box and a hill.
- The actress let out a scream as she tobogganed down a hill at the ski resort of Banff in Alberta, Canada.
- As the country was gripped by cold, children and adults were snowballing and tobogganing.
Origin Early 19th century: from Canadian French tabaganne, from Micmac topaĝan ‘sled’. |