toboggan

== English == === Alternative forms === tobogin, toboggin === Etymology === The noun is attested since 1829, the verb since 1846. Both derive from French tabaganne, which derives from an Algonquian word, probably Mi'kmaq tepaqan or Abenaki dabôgan, influenced by similar words in other Eastern Canadian Algonquian languages. The sense of "hat" is recorded since 1929 and is short for toboggan cap (1928), a cap suitable for wearing while tobogganing. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /təˈbɒɡ.ən/ (US) IPA(key): /təˈbɑːɡ.ən/ Rhymes: -ɒɡən Hyphenation: to‧bog‧gan === 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. (figurative) Something which, once it starts going (figuratively) downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom. 1907, Joe Vila, The Sporting News, read in Gordon H. Fleming, The Unforgettable Season (2006): (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 (knit cap): watch cap, beanie, tuque ==== Coordinate terms ==== (sled pulled by dogs): dogsled ==== Translations ==== → Portuguese: tobogã ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sleigh bobsled / bobsleigh luge / luge sled skeleton sled === Verb === toboggan (third-person singular simple present toboggans, present participle tobogganing or tobogganning, simple past and past participle tobogganed or tobogganned) To slide down a hill on a toboggan or other object. (figurative) To go downhill unstoppably until one reaches the bottom. 1945, US House of Representatives, 1945 extension of the Reciprocal trade agreements act: hearings before the Committee on finance, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, first session, on H.R. 3240, an act to extend the authority of the President under section 350 of the Tariff act of 1930, as amended, and for other purposes: (aviation, intransitive) To fly sharply downward so as to build up speed to facilitate in-flight refueling of a faster aircraft. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== sled / sledge / sleigh bobsled / bobsleigh luge === Derived terms === === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “toboggan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “toboggan”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Walt Wolfram, Jeffrey Reaser, Talkin' Tar Heel: How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina (2014, →ISBN == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ.bɔ.ɡɑ̃/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃ Homophone: toboggans === Noun === toboggan m (plural toboggans) (Europe, Africa, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, New Caledonia) slide (in a playground) === Further reading === “toboggan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “toboggan”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse