tobogganing

noun

to·​bog·​gan·​ing tə-ˈbä-gə-niŋ How to pronounce tobogganing (audio)
: the act, art, or sport of riding a toboggan

Examples of tobogganing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The resort has more than 1,100 skiable acres, with 90 runs and 15 lifts, and a calendar filled with family activities, like tobogganing and roasting marshmallows with Pete the Snowdragon. Catherine Garcia, theweek, 22 July 2024 Other options include taking carriage rides through the woods, going tobogganing, experiencing Skijöring with a ski butler, or take on the thrilling Cresta Run - a historic sled run built in 1885 and owned by the St. Moritz Sledding Club. Jim Dobson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Non-skiers, rejoice: the Camden Snow Bowl offers rip-roaring tobogganing for just $10 an hour. Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2024 The 10-day celebration includes night parades, ice canoe racing, musical performances, and activities like snow bathing and tobogganing. Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023 Hiking is also popular during the warmer months, while winter brings opportunities for skiing, tobogganing, and glacier tours. Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023 The worst of the arctic blast will be departing the region within 36 hours, so Dumont advised to save your snowmobiling, skiing or tobogganing until Sunday, when the temperatures in Portland are expected to reach an ice-melting high of 37 degrees (3 Celsius). David Sharp, ajc, 3 Feb. 2023 August activities at 3,600 feet include hiking, mountain biking, summer tobogganing and eating at the hotel‘s three restaurants, including one in the mountains. Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 Street tobogganing is just one of many memorable activities families can experience on the Portuguese island of Madeira, part of an archipelago of the same name that includes three other islands. Leron Kornreich, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tobogganing was in 1849

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“Tobogganing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tobogganing. Accessed 10 Oct. 2024.

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