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to⋅bog⋅gan
[tuh-bog-uh
n] 
–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 esp. 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 (equiv. to Proto-Algonquian *weta⋅pye⋅- to drag a cord + *-kan- instrument for)
1820–30; < Maliseet-Passamaquoddy tʰapákən, Micmac topaĝan (equiv. 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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| to·bog·gan (tə-bŏg'ən) n. A long, narrow, runnerless sled constructed of thin boards curled upward at the front end. intr.v. to·bog·ganed, to·bog·gan·ing, to·bog·gans
[Canadian French tobagan, from Micmac topaghan.] to·bog'gan·er, to·bog'gan·ist n. |
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Toboggan
To*bog"gan\, n. [Corruption of American Indian odabagan a sled.] A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]Toboggan
To*bog"gan\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tobogganed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tobogganing.] To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan. --Barilett.
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Language Translation for : toboggan
Spanish:
tobogán,
German:
der Rodelschlitten,
Japanese:
トボガンそり
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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