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toboggan

[ tuh-bog-uhn ]

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.
  2. 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)

  1. to use, or coast on, a toboggan.
  2. to fall rapidly, as prices or one's fortune.

toboggan

/ təˈbɒɡən /

noun

  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


verb

  1. 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.

Then you push off; the toboggan fetches away; she begins to feel the hill, to glide, to swim, to gallop.

Both children donned their heavy clothing and pulled toboggan hoods down over their ears.

But he glanced along the port side, like a toboggan down-hill, and he seemed to ricochet over the water.

A sickening nausea overtook Shad, and he sank upon his toboggan, faint and dizzy with an overpowering weakness.

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