"tobogganing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tobogganings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} tobogganing (usually uncountable, plural tobogganings)
  1. The use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport. Tags: uncountable, usually Hyponyms: luge, skeleton (english: sport), bobsleigh, bobsledding, tubing
    Sense id: en-tobogganing-en-noun-nkv7YsZn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tobogganning

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tobogganing
  1. present participle and gerund of toboggan Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: toboggan
    Sense id: en-tobogganing-en-verb-7hWtyUcE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tobogganning

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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