toboggan

¹to·bog·gan

noun \tə-ˈbä-gən\

Definition of TOBOGGAN

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 & Midland : stocking cap

Illustration of TOBOGGAN

Origin of TOBOGGAN

Canadian French tobogan, of Algonquian origin; akin to Micmac tobâgun drag made of skin

First Known Use: circa 1820

Other Dialect Terms

bespoke, boughten, lave, muchacho, nigh, spunk, thunk

Rhymes with TOBOGGAN

Remagen