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Word: toboggan (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • 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.
  • southern US a winter hat or ski mask
  • North America A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo.
  • Something which, once it startsfiguratively going downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom.

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Verb:

  • to figuratively go downhill unstoppably until one reaches the bottom.
  • to slide down a hill on a toboggan or other object

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