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TOBOGGANING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tobogganing mean? 

TOBOGGANING (noun)
  The noun TOBOGGANING has 1 sense:

1. riding on a long light sled with low handrailsplay

  Familiarity information: TOBOGGANING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TOBOGGANING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Riding on a long light sled with low handrails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("tobogganing" is a kind of...):

sledding (the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tobogganing"):

luging (riding a light one-man toboggan)

Derivation:

toboggan (move along on a luge or toboggan)


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