Definition of Tobogganing

1. Noun. Riding on a long light sled with low handrails.

Generic synonyms: Sledding
Specialized synonyms: Luging
Derivative terms: Toboggan

Definition of Tobogganing

1. Verb. (present participle of toboggan#Verb toboggan) ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tobogganing

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tobogganing

tobeat
tobelite
tobermorite
tobias fish
tobies
tobiko
tobine
tobines
toboggan
toboggan cap
toboggan slide
toboggan slides
tobogganed
tobogganer
tobogganers
tobogganing (current term)
tobogganings
tobogganist
tobogganists
toboggans
toboggin
toboggins
tobogin
tobogins
tobramycin
tobramycin adenylyltransferase
tobreak
tobrest
tobroken
tobruise

Literary usage of Tobogganing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Selections from Strabo: With an Introduction on Strabo's Life and Works by Strabo, Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1893)
"THE CAUCASUS ; USE 'OF CRAMPONS, AND tobogganing. (XI. 2. 15; 6.6.) Strabo's authority for the countries between the Euxine and the Caspian was Theophanes, ..."

2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"tobogganing down slopes of glittering ice; skating upon the glassy pavement laid so deftly by the Frost King over pond and stream; swept by the wind at ..."

3. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"tobogganing down slopes of glittering ice; skating upon the glassy pavement laid so deftly by the Frost King over pond and stream; swept by the wind at ..."

4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"tobogganing down slopes of glittering ice ; skating upon the glassy pavement laid so deftly by the Frost King over pond and stream ; swept by the wind at ..."

5. Henry Irving's Impressions of America by Joseph Hatton (1884)
"Lake Ontario — Canadian Pastimes — tobogganing — On an Ice Slide — "Shooting Niagara, and After"—Toronto Students — Dressing for the Theatre — " God Save ..."

6. Natural History of Hawaii: Being an Account of the Hawaiian People, the by William Alanson Bryan (1915)
"... tobogganing." It consisted in sliding down hill over carefully prepared slides, a few yards in width, on a long, double-runner sled. ..."

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