tobogganing
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present participleof toboggan.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
toboggannouna 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.
Example Sentences
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Snow Land is a little more interesting, with tobogganing penguins to avoid around its frozen lake.
From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2022
Street tobogganing is just one of many memorable activities families can experience on the Portuguese island of Madeira, part of an archipelago of the same name that includes three other islands.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2022
Parents Chris and Natalie Watkiss were at home when they got a call to say Louis had been hurt during a tobogganing party with friends.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2021
Terry Scott Cohen, 42, enjoys roller coasters, mushing in Alaska and tobogganing in the Pyrenees Mountains.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2017
You may be thinking, and quite rightly, that after suggesting Whaleback Hill, followed by Double Whaleback Hill, to then suggest tobogganing down something called Baby Whaleback Hill would be somewhat less exciting, not more.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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