Tobogganing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport. uncountable, usually

    "1876: Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: The Universal Geography As elsewhere in Canada, winter is the festive season, given up to sledging, skating, "tobogganning," and other outdoor exhilarating amusements."

  2. 2
    riding on a long light sled with low handrails wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of toboggan form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "A cascade of small, indignant girls were tobogganing sidewise down the incline."

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"Have you ever been tobogganing?"

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