bobsledding

[bob-sled-ing]

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noun

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

Origin:
1830–40; bobsled + -ing¹

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noun

a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.

a sled formed of two short sleds coupled one behind the other.

either of the sleds thus coupled.

verb (used without object)

to ride on a bobsled.

Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; bob² + sled

Related forms

bob·sled·der, noun

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bobsledding
noun
riding on a bobsled

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