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toboggan
[ tuh-bog-uhn ]
noun
- a long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled made of a thin board curved upward and backward at the front, often with low handrails on the sides, used especially in the sport of coasting over snow or ice.
- Also called bog·gin [bog, -, uh, n]. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a close-fitting knit cap worn in cold weather.
verb (used without object)
- to use, or coast on, a toboggan.
- to fall rapidly, as prices or one's fortune.
toboggan
/ təˈbɒɡən /
noun
- a light wooden frame on runners used for sliding over snow and ice
- a long narrow sledge made of a thin board curved upwards and backwards at the front
verb
- intr to ride on a toboggan
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Derived Forms
- toˈbogganer, noun
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Other Words From
- to·bog·gan·er to·bog·gan·ist noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toboggan1
First recorded in 1820–30; from Canadian French tabagane, from Maliseet-Passamaquoddy tʰapákən, Mi'kmaq topaĝan (equivalent to unrecorded Proto-Algonquian weta·pye·- “to drag a cord” + -kan- “instrument for”)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of toboggan1
C19: from Canadian French, from Algonquian; related to Abnaki udābāgan
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Example Sentences
He struck the toboggan and he went down with an awful thump.
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Then you push off; the toboggan fetches away; she begins to feel the hill, to glide, to swim, to gallop.
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Both children donned their heavy clothing and pulled toboggan hoods down over their ears.
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But he glanced along the port side, like a toboggan down-hill, and he seemed to ricochet over the water.
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A sickening nausea overtook Shad, and he sank upon his toboggan, faint and dizzy with an overpowering weakness.
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