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The use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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- 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.
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present participle and gerund of toboggan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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- 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.
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riding on a long light sled with low handrails
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sledding
Narrower terms: luging
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