Illustration of toboggan
- toboggan 1
to·bog·gan
tə-ˈbä-gən 
1
: a long flat-bottomed light sled made usually of thin boards curved up at one end with usually low handrails at the sides
2
: a downward course or a sharp decline
3
chiefly Southern US and Midland US
: stocking cap
tobogganed; tobogganing; toboggans
tobogganer
noun
Examples of toboggan in a Sentence
Verb
The kids tobogganed down the hill.
Recent Examples on the Web
Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The sounds are coming from the toboggan slide Au 1884, named for the year it was built on the nearby Dufferin Terrace.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
Spread over hundreds of acres of forest along the Lake Michigan shoreline, students played sports and tobogganed through snowdrifts.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for toboggan
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Speed down a toboggan track at Au 1884, the slide near Château Frontenac.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
The sounds are coming from the toboggan slide Au 1884, named for the year it was built on the nearby Dufferin Terrace.
—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
One of the most recent photos in the exhibition, taken by an unknown artist in 1905, is a cyanotype depicting figures tobogganing on a hill in Massachusetts.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
Spread over hundreds of acres of forest along the Lake Michigan shoreline, students played sports and tobogganed through snowdrifts.
—Mitra Taj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for toboggan
Cite this Entry
“Toboggan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toboggan. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
toboggan
1 of 2 noun
to·bog·gan
tə-ˈbäg-ən
: a long light sled made without runners and curved up at the front
toboggan
2 of 2 verb
: to slide on a toboggan
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share