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bobsledding

American  
[bob-sled-ing] / ˈbɒbˌslɛd ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the sport of coasting or competing in races on a bobsled.


Etymology

Origin of bobsledding

First recorded in 1830–40; bobsled + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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She told Olympics.com she’s returned to bobsledding in a “very different body,” but she feels motherhood has given her a new level of strength.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Indeed, Herschel Walker’s athletic record made him a state icon—he’s not only a former college football and NFL star, but he once also competed on the Olympic bobsledding team.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2022

There was yet another battle — this one within the sport of bobsledding — that she and Meyers Taylor waged together.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2022

Humphries has been a dominant presence in women’s bobsledding for four Olympics now, the first three as Canada’s top female sled driver.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2022

That adventurous afternoon on Pendragon Hill was the last chance the girls of Lakeview Hall had that term for bobsledding.

From Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays Rescuing the Runaways by Carr, Annie Roe

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