TOBOGGAN

toboggan

(noun) a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front

toboggan, luge

(verb) move along on a luge or toboggan

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

toboggan (plural toboggans)

A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.

(Canada, US) A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo.

Something which, once it starts going (figuratively) downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom.

(Southern US, especially, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia) A knit cap, designed to provide warmth in cold weather.

Synonyms

• (sled without runners): sled, sledge

• (sled pulled by dogs): sledge, cariole, carriole

Verb

toboggan (third-person singular simple present toboggans, present participle tobogganing, simple past and past participle tobogganed)

To slide down a hill on a toboggan or other object.

(figurative) To go downhill unstoppably until one reaches the bottom.

Source: Wiktionary

To*bog"gan, n. Etym: [Corruption of American Indian odabagan a sled.]

Definition: A kind of sledge made of pliable board, turned up at one or both ends, used for coasting down hills or prepared inclined planes; also, a sleigh or sledge, to be drawn by dogs, or by hand, over soft and deep snow. [Written also tobogan, and tarbogan.]

To*bog"gan, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tobogganed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tobogganing.]

Definition: To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan. Barilett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition