toboggan

IPA: tʌbˈɑgʌn

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.
(Canada, US) A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo.
(figurative) Something which, once it starts going (figuratively) downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom.
(Southern US, especially South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia) A knit cap, designed to provide warmth in cold weather.

To slide down a hill on a toboggan or other object.
(figurative) To go downhill unstoppably until one reaches the bottom.
(aviation, intransitive) To fly sharply downward so as to build up speed to facilitate in-flight refueling of a faster aircraft.

Examples of "toboggan" in Sentences

Send us your toboggan photos
The toboggan is a popular car during the winter.
The bottom of a toboggan rides directly on the snow.
People rode a toboggan instead of a car in the past.
This is one of the few specific references for toboggan.
There is an abandoned toboggan run outside that was used in the 1930s.
It was impossible to stop on the gravelled toboggan on which we'd embarked.
The first commercially successful snowmobile was the Eliason Motor Toboggan.
In the final strip, Calvin and Hobbes depart on their toboggan to go exploring.
Once inside some fire extinguishers were emptied and an antique sled was removed and used to toboggan.