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noun bob·sled \ ˈbäb-ˌsled \

Definition of bobsled

1 :a short sled usually used as one of a pair joined by a coupling

2 :a large usually metal sled used in racing and equipped with two pairs of runners in tandem, a long seat for two or more people, a steering wheel, and a hand brake

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Never ridden a bobsled, slid on a skeleton or kicked a rugby ball?

— diane bell, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Team USA's search for Olympic-caliber athletes comes to San Diego," 19 June 2017
And track stars (see Lolo Jones), football players (see Herschel Walker) and people who do both (see Willie Gault) have long been crossing from their original sports to ride bobsled in the Winter Olympics.

— eddie pells, The Seattle Times, "Star search: USOC on board with made-for-TV scouting camp," 31 May 2017
In the first phase of the project, the USOC is looking only for athletes for cycling, rugby and the sliding sports of bobsled and skeleton.

— eddie pells, The Seattle Times, "Star search: USOC on board with made-for-TV scouting camp," 31 May 2017
Before returning to the White House for his most recent term, Mosteller relocated to Salt Lake City to help organize the bobsled, luge and ski-jumping competitions at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

— brittany nader, cleveland.com, "Akron Roundtable hosts former White House director of Oval Office Operations," 24 May 2017
The bobsleds are the latest addition to the roster of Disneyland Resort attractions with Fastpass.

— mark eades, Orange County Register, "Disneyland’s Matterhorn Bobsleds return to slopes with a Fastpass option," 26 Apr. 2017
In continuing to plan for competitions in Russia, sports officials, including those who govern bobsled and skeleton, had gone against the guidance of the International Olympic Committee.

— rebecca r. ruiz, New York Times, "Facing Athletes’ Boycott, Bobsled and Skeleton Event Is Moved From Russia," 13 Dec. 2016
Russia is set to hold the world championships in bobsled and skeleton in Sochi in two months.

— rebecca r. ruiz, New York Times, "McLaren Report on Russian Doping," 9 Dec. 2016
On the bobsled, three amateurs are paired with a professional pilot, while skeleton novices get strapped to their own sled and sent down the hill solo.

— john patrick pullen, WIRED, "Whistler’s Deadly Bobsled Track Opens for Business," 31 Jan. 2012

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perhaps from ⁴bob

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: a small vehicle for two or four people that slides over snow and ice and is used for racing

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