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bobsleigh

[bob-sley]

noun

Chiefly British.
  1. bobsled.



bobsleigh

/ ˈɒˌɪ /

noun

  1. a racing sledge for two or more people, with a steering mechanism enabling the driver to direct it down a steeply banked ice-covered run

    1. a sleigh made of two short sledges joined one behind the other

    2. one of these two short sledges

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (intr) to ride on a bobsleigh

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bobsleigh1

C19: bob ² + sleigh
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Example Sentences

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James was once an athlete, playing semi-professional football and competing in athletics before specialising in the bobsleigh.

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And his career has moved as fast as a bobsleigh hurtling down a track at 95mph.

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Tim Brooking was healthy and fit - a former pole vaulter and bobsleigh racer, who competed for Britain and whose cousin was former England footballer Sir Trevor Brooking.

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Athletes from 16 nations competed in the Games across 16 disciplines, spanning curling, bobsleigh, figure and speed skating and skiing.

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A fan of Cool Runnings, he has named the fridge Tallulah after the bobsleigh in the movie.

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When To Use

is bobsleigh?

Bobsleigh is a sport in which racers ride a sled known as a bobsleigh (or bobsled) down an ice-covered chute with the goal of reaching the finish line as quickly as possible.The term bobsled is more commonly used (for both the event and the sled) in the U.S. and Canada, but bobsleigh is the official name of the event in the Winter Olympics.Bobsleigh competitions often involve teams of two or four, but there are also individual events. The one-person bobsleigh event is called monobob. (A women’s monobob event was added to the Winter Olympics in 2022.)Bobsleighs consist of a tubelike structure on runners with a steering mechanism and brakes. At the start of each heat, the racer or racers push the bobsleigh to gain speed before jumping inside, with the rider at the front handling steering.Bobsleigh is known as one of the sliding sports, along with luge and skeleton. Those take place on a similar course, but racers in those events ride on top of their sled (feetfirst in luge, headfirst in skeleton), rather than inside of it like in bobsleigh.Bobsleigh is known for its high speeds, often nearing 100 mph (161 km/h).Example: I think bobsleigh is thrilling—and the start might be the most exciting part!

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