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to·bog·gan
tə-ˈbä-gən 
1
: a long flat-bottomed light sled made usually of thin boards curved up at one end with usually low handrails at the sides
2
: a downward course or a sharp decline
3
chiefly Southern US and Midland US
: stocking cap
tobogganed; tobogganing; toboggans
tobogganer
noun
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Verb
The kids tobogganed down the hill.
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Jeffrey Collins and Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
In 1909, the city’s first public golf course opened at the park, and later a horse racing track, lawn tennis courts, a toboggan slide and a pool were added.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
By the end of their nine-hour workday, the red-jacketed patrollers had tobogganed out multiple knee injuries and a broken ankle, responded to a few crashes with trees and patched one bloody chin.
—Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
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Noun
Smith had claimed in October 1994 that she was carjacked late at night near the city of Union and that a Black man wearing a toboggan hat drove away with her sons inside.
—Jeffrey Collins and Makiya Seminera, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
In 1909, the city’s first public golf course opened at the park, and later a horse racing track, lawn tennis courts, a toboggan slide and a pool were added.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
Verb
Could tobogganing be the next sport that Zendaya tackles?
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
By the end of their nine-hour workday, the red-jacketed patrollers had tobogganed out multiple knee injuries and a broken ankle, responded to a few crashes with trees and patched one bloody chin.
—Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
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“Toboggan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toboggan. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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toboggan
1 of 2 noun
to·bog·gan
tə-ˈbäg-ən
: a long light sled made without runners and curved up at the front
toboggan
2 of 2 verb
: to slide on a toboggan
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