toboggan
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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
1. To coast, ride, or travel on a toboggan.
2. Slang To decline or fall rapidly: His good fortune has tobogganed.
[Canadian French tobagan, from Mi'kmaq topaghan.]
to·bog′gan·er, to·bog′gan·ist n.
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toboggan
(təˈbɒɡən)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 or -ganed
(intr) to ride on a toboggan
[C19: from Canadian French, from Algonquian; related to Abnaki udābāgan]
toˈbogganer, toˈbogganist n
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to•bog•gan
(təˈbɒg ən)n.
1. a long, narrow, flat-bottomed sled made of a thin board curved upward and backward at the front, used esp. in downhill coasting.
v.i. 2. to coast on a toboggan.
3. to plummet, as prices.
[1820–30; < Maliseet-Passamaquoddy (Eastern Algonquian languages) thapákən, Micmac topaĝan (Proto-Algonquian *weta·pye·- to drag a cord + *-kan- instrument for)]
to•bog′gan•er, to•bog′gan•ist, n.
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toboggan
- Comes from Canadian French from Micmac tobakun or Abnaki udabagan, "sled, sleigh."See also related terms for sled.
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toboggan
Past participle: tobogganed
Gerund: tobogganing
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toboggan
(təˈbogən) noun a kind of light sledge. tobogán
verb to go on a toboggan. We went tobogganing. deslizarse en tobogán
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