luge
/luː(d)ʒ/US/luʒ/
luge noun: a racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
Noun
luge (countable and uncountable, plural luges)
- A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- Synonyms:
- luge sled
- The sport of racing on luges.
- A piece of bone, ice or other material with a channel down which a drink (usually alcoholic) can be poured into someone's mouth.
- The luge was a block of ice, sometimes up to three-and-one-half feet long, which had narrow grooves etched into it. Alcohol was poured onto one end of the luge and as the alcohol traveled down the narrow grooves in the block of ice, it was cooled and then ran directly into the mouth of the waiting...1999, Ronald S. Beitman, Liquor Liability: A Primer for Winning Your Case, Philadelphia, Pa.: American Law Institute; American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Professional Education, →ISBN...
- Kegs of beer were set up around every corner. There was also a liquor luge—a giant block of ice, slanted at a 45-degree angle and carved with a convenient path for shots to be poured down and into the mouths of anyone who was thirsty.2010 March 22, Dan Wiederer, “‘I’ll Do It if Bob Does It’”, in Blue Streak: The Highs, Lows and Behind the Scenes Hijinks of a National Champion, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 16
Verb
luge (third-person singular simple present luges, present participle luging or lugeing, simple past and past participle luged)
- To ride a luge; also, to participate in the sport of luge.
- To slide or slip down a slope.
- [Norman] Ollestad was only 11 when a small plane carrying him, his father and his father's girlfriend to a ski race slammed into the San Gabriel Mountains west of Los Angeles during a blizzard. […] After the girlfriend luged to her death halfway down the icy slope, Ollestad had to pick his way down...2009 July 5, Jennifer Schuessler, “Inside the List”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021
luge meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Arabic and Persian
luge in Tamil
- racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back
- லூஜ் lūj
- sport of racing on luges
- லூஜ் lūj
luge in Tagalog
- racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back
- luge
- sport of racing on luges
- luge
luge in Arabic
- racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back
- زحافات ثلجية
luge in Persian
- racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back
- لوژ luž
- sport of racing on luges
- لوژسواری luž-savâri
More languagesFewer languages
- luge in Vietnamese
- luge, trượt băng nằm ngửa
Examples of luge in a sentence
- The luge was a block of ice, sometimes up to three-and-one-half feet long, which had narrow grooves etched into it.1999, Ronald S. Beitman, Liquor Liability: A Primer for Winning Your Case, Philadelphia, Pa.: American Law Institute; American Bar...
- From restaurant openings and closings to how to do a "Bone Marrow Luge," you'll want to check him [Dave Cathey] out for the latest on the gastronomic scene.2013, Katie Johnstonbaugh, “Introduction”, in Kevin Sirois, editor, Food Lovers’ Guide to Oklahoma: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local...
Synonyms of luge
Forms of luge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | luges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | luges |
| present participle | luging |
| present participle | lugeing |
| past participle | luged |
| past | luged |
Origin of luge
The noun is borrowed from Swiss French or Franco-Provençal luge, from Medieval Latin scludia, from Late Latin sclodia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *stludio, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- (“to slide, slip; to be slick or slippery”). If so, it is related to sled and sleigh. Sense 2.2 (“drinking utensil”) is from its resemblance to the tracks on which luges race. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Irish slaod (“raft, float”) * Old Breton stloit (“sliding; traction”) (modern Breton stlej (“sleigh”)) * Welsh llithr (“slide, slippage”)
Words formed from luge
Phrases with luge
Words that rhyme with luge
Questions about luge
- What does luge mean?
- Luge means a racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- What is luge in Tamil?
- Luge in Tamil is லூஜ் (lūj). See Luge meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use luge in a sentence?
- The luge was a block of ice, sometimes up to three-and-one-half feet long, which had narrow grooves etched into it.
- What part of speech is luge?
- Luge can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce luge?
- Luge is pronounced /luː(d)ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of luge?
- The plural of luge is luges.
Words near luge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: luge (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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-luge.wav.
Cite this entry: “luge.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/luge. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.