tobogganing

Everyday

1. Tobogganing is the activity of sliding down snowy hills on a toboggan or sledge. tree →
2. (sport) Tobogganing is also a winter sport of racing down icy tracks, related to luge and bobsleigh. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday winter life children "go tobogganing" on snow days. In PE and the Winter Olympics, luge, skeleton and bobsleigh are racing kinds of tobogganing. Safety rules: feet first, one person at a time on small hills, avoid roads, trees, fences and frozen ponds, wear warm clothes and a helmet. Phrases: "go tobogganing", "tobogganing hill", "tobogganing accident".

Examples

• We went tobogganing after school when it snowed. tree →
• Tobogganing is my favourite winter activity. tree →
• The park banned tobogganing on the steep hill near the road. tree →
• After tobogganing, we drank hot chocolate. tree →
• Luge is a fast kind of tobogganing. tree →
• Wear a helmet when you go tobogganing. tree →
• We were tobogganing until it got dark. tree →

Note

Uncountable. Spelling: tobogganing (one b, two g's, two n's). UK people often say "sledging", US "sledding".