tobogganing

English

Alternative forms

• tobogganning

Verb

tobogganing

1. present participle and gerund 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 can't win, can I? You think I'm posh and my folks think I'm tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family.

Noun

tobogganing (usually uncountable, plural tobogganings)

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:

     Today's 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 aren't on your list — guided scenic motorcoach tours, horse-drawn sleigh rides, Johnston Canyon icewalks, ice-fishing, snowshoeing, skating, tobogganing, and more.

Hyponyms

• luge
• skeleton (sport)
• bobsleigh / bobsledding
• tubing