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luge

[loozh] noun, verb, luged, lug⋅ing.
–noun
1. a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used esp. in Europe.
–verb (used without object)
2. to go or race on a luge: to luge at nearly 70 miles per hour.

Origin:
1900–05; < dial. F


luger, noun
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luge   (lōōzh)   
n.  
  1. A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying supine.

  2. A competition in which these sleds race against a clock.


[French dialectal, from Medieval Latin sludia, perhaps of Celtic origin.]
luge v., lug'er n.
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