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luge

[ loozh ]

noun

  1. a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.


verb (used without object)

, luged, lug·ing.
  1. to go or race on a luge:

    to luge at nearly 70 miles per hour.

luge

/ luːʒ /

noun

  1. a racing toboggan on which riders lie on their backs, descending feet first


verb

  1. intr to ride on a luge

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Other Words From

  • luger noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of luge1

Borrowed into English from dialectal French around 1900–05

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Word History and Origins

Origin of luge1

C20: from French

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Example Sentences

Of course, the same is true of luge and that only lasts three minutes.

Downhill track sports like luge are technology battles, as exciting as a NASCAR qualifying day.

The youngest member of the US luge team, 18-year-old Tucker West, deserves some attention, too.

He spent a year building a mini luge track with his father in their backyard in Connecticut.

There are also certainly examples among skeleton and luge of supreme achievement, limited experience notwithstanding.

We went suddenly round a corner, and quietly and without any fuss whatever Simpson left his luge and rolled on to the track.

Denry, whom nothing could induce to desert his luge, said that obviously "s-k-i" could only spell "planks."

Skates were well-behaved old horses compared to these long, untamed fiends, and a luge was like a tricycle.

And the child turned up the hill with her luge, leaving her elders to unknot the situation.

Luge propter amorem Jesu Christi, sponsi tui, quosque eum videre possis.

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