tobogganing

as inslide
as indescend

Synonyms for tobogganing

verb move smoothly; move down

Antonyms for tobogganing

Word Origin & History

"long, flat-bottomed sled," 1829, from Canadian French tabagane, from Algonquian (probably Micmac) tobakun "a sled." The verb is recorded from 1846. As American English colloquial for a type of long woolen cap, it is recorded from 1929 (earlier toboggan cap, 1928), presumably because one wore such a cap while tobogganing.

Example Sentences for tobogganing

Here they have "bandy" matches, ski-ing, and tobogganing, as well as other winter games.

"Tobogganing is a little out of season," said his niece, laughing heartily.

There isn't half the skill in tobogganing that there is in skating.

You're quite right about the tobogganing: I had a go at the Cresta.

Some people she knows are there—girls who go in for tobogganing, and have a good time.

But the peculiar outdoor sport of this district is tobogganing.

Tobogganing was introduced to Switzerland from America, and ski-ing from Norway.

Tobogganing has the charm of a great bicycle "coast" many times multiplied.

But the skating, like the tobogganing, is limited in its area.

The clan was gathering for the first tobogganing of the season.