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ən noun
1.
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.
verb (used without object)
2.
to use, or coast on, a toboggan.
3.
to fall rapidly, as prices or one's fortune.
Origin:
1820–30; < Maliseet-Passamaquoddy tʰapákən, Micmac topaĝan (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *weta·pye·- to drag a cord + *-kan- instrument for)
1820–30; < Maliseet-Passamaquoddy tʰapákən, Micmac topaĝan (equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *weta·pye·- to drag a cord + *-kan- instrument for)
Related forms
to·bog·gan·er, to·bog·gan·ist, noun
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World English Dictionary
toboggan (təˈbɒɡən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a light wooden frame on runners used for sliding over snow and ice |
| 2. | a long narrow sledge made of a thin board curved upwards and backwards at the front |
| —vb , -gans, -ganing, -ganed | |
| 3. | (intr) to ride on a toboggan |
| [C19: from Canadian French, from Algonquian; related to Abnaki udābāgan] | |
| to'bogganer | |
| —n | |
| to'bogganist | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
toboggan
"long, flat-bottomed sled," 1829, from Canadian Fr. tabagane, from Algonquian (probably Micmac) tobakun "a sled." The verb is recorded from 1846. As Amer.Eng. colloquial for a type of long woolen cap, it is recorded from 1929 (earlier toboggan cap, 1928), presumably because one worse such a cap while
tobogganing.
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Example sentences
Sled designs proliferated, with manufactured sleds joining the ranks of toboggan-style handmade sleds.
Nowadays, tourists can take toboggan rides down the streets used during this process.
In winter there's a concrete toboggan shoot that whips you out onto the lake.
Occasionally, if the air was freezing, he put on a toboggan hat with earflaps.
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