Definizione monolingua

tobogganing

tobogganing

1. Present participle of toboggan.
   • 1902: Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

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

   • 1916: William John Thomas, (John) Doran, Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries

     I froze my toes some years ago, while tobogganing, and was unaware of it until I took off my shoe and walked across the room, when the unusual noise on the boards attracted my attention.

   • 2006: Keith Dixon, Altered Life

     I cant win, can I? You think Im posh and my folks think Im tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family.

tobogganing (uncountable)

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

   • 2004: Natalie M Rosinsky, The Algonquin

     Todays Olympic sport called luge is a form of tobogganing.

   • 2006: Brenda Koller, The Canadian Rockies Adventure Guide

     There are many winter activities if skiing or snowboarding arent on your list — guided scenic motorcoach tours, horse-drawn sleigh rides, Johnston Canyon icewalks, ice-fishing, snowshoeing, skating, tobogganing, and more.

Definizione dizionario tobogganing

Altri significati:

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

Present participle of toboggan.