TOBOGGAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toboggan mean? 

• TOBOGGAN (noun)
  The noun TOBOGGAN has 1 sense:

1. a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front

  Familiarity information: TOBOGGAN used as a noun is very rare.

• TOBOGGAN (verb)
  The verb TOBOGGAN has 1 sense:

1. move along on a luge or toboggan

  Familiarity information: TOBOGGAN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOBOGGAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("toboggan" is a kind of...):

sled; sledge; sleigh (a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow)

Derivation:

toboggan (move along on a luge or toboggan)

tobogganist (someone who rides a toboggan)

• TOBOGGAN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they toboggan    ... he / she / it toboggans   
Past simple: tobogganed   
Past participle: tobogganed   
-ing form: tobogganing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move along on a luge or toboggan

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

luge; toboggan

Hypernyms (to "toboggan" is one way to...):

sled; sleigh (ride (on) a sled)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

toboggan (a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front)

tobogganing (riding on a long light sled with low handrails)

tobogganist (someone who rides a toboggan)

 Context examples 

Different from the Mackenzie toboggans were the Klondike sleds with runners under them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The sled itself was without runners, being a birch-bark toboggan, with upturned forward end to keep it from ploughing under the snow.

(White Fang, by Jack London)