tobogganing

tobogganing noun: the use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport. Also the present participle and gerund of toboggan.

Noun

tobogganing (usually uncountable, plural tobogganings)

(usually) 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.
- Today's Olympic sport called luge is a form of tobogganing.2004, Natalie M Rosinsky, The Algonquin

Also used as

tobogganing is also the present participle and gerund of toboggan.

Forms of tobogganing

plural	tobogganings
alternative form	tobogganning

Words formed from tobogganing

skeleton tobogganing

Questions about tobogganing

What does tobogganing mean?: Tobogganing means the use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport.
What part of speech is tobogganing?: Tobogganing is a noun.
What is the plural of tobogganing?: The plural of tobogganing is tobogganings.

Words near tobogganing in the dictionary

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