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 Meaning of TOBOGGAN
| Pronunciation: |  | tu'bâgun 
 
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[n]  a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front  [v]  move along on a luge or toboggan   |  |  |  |  | Sponsored Links: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | luge |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | sled, sled, sledge, sleigh, sleigh |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | 
\To*bog"gan\, n. [Corruption of American Indian
odabagan a sled.]
A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or
both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined
planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by
hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also {tobogan}, and
{tarbogan}.]
\To*bog"gan\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tobogganed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Tobogganing}.]
To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
--Barilett.
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