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bobsleigh

/ˈbɑbˌsleɪ/

bobsleigh noun: a sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.

bobsleigh: a sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners
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Noun

bobsleigh (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleighs)

  1. (obsolete) A sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
  2. (uncountable) A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
    Synonyms:
    bobsled
  3. (countable) The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh.
    Synonyms:
    bob, bobsled, bobsledge

Verb

bobsleigh (third-person singular simple present bobsleighs, present participle bobsleighing, simple past and past participle bobsleighed)

  1. (intransitive) To ride a bobsleigh.

bobsleigh meaning in Tamil

bobsleigh in Tamil

குறுஞ்சரினை

Synonyms of bobsleigh

Forms of bobsleigh

Noun
pluralbobsleighs
Verb
third-person singular presentbobsleighs
present participlebobsleighing
past participlebobsleighed
pastbobsleighed

Origin of bobsleigh

From bobs, the short runners on which the bobsleigh is based (as opposed to a usual sleigh on long runners continuing all the way along the vehicle); further etymology unclear. Attested since 1839 as bob-sled, long before the invention of the sport.

Words formed from bobsleigh

Questions about bobsleigh

What does bobsleigh mean?
Bobsleigh means a sleigh for saw logs or heavy timber resting on two pairs of two short runners.
What is bobsleigh in Tamil?
Bobsleigh in Tamil is குறுஞ்சரினை. See Bobsleigh meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bobsleigh?
Bobsleigh can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce bobsleigh?
Bobsleigh is pronounced /ˈbɑbˌsleɪ/.
What is the plural of bobsleigh?
The plural of bobsleigh is bobsleighs.

Words near bobsleigh in the dictionary

  1. bobsledger
  2. bobsledgers
  3. bobsledges
  4. bobsledging
  5. bobsleds
  6. bobsleigh
  7. bobsleighed
  8. bobsleigher
  9. bobsleighers
  10. bobsleighing
  11. bobsleighs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bobsleigh (page history and authors); bobsleigh (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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