luge
/luːʒ
/noun
1A light toboggan for one or two people, ridden in a sitting or supine position.I met Karmen and Elle at the top again, the two of them breathless from trying to figure out how to control their luges....
- Visions of tobogganing, the luge and downhill skiing all filled my head as I put together yet another estimate - this time to remove the water pump for inspection and replace it if required.
- I have also mentioned an incident that happened to me in January this year, when my son and I sought to buy 10 tickets to ride the luge in Rotorua.
1.1 [mass noun] A sport in which competitors make a timed descent of a course riding luges: the finals of the women’s luge...
- Sports most frequently training in Lake Placid include biathlon, bobsled, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, skiing and speed skating.
- Perhaps the reason I prefer downhill skiing, luge, cross-country, speed skating, and other such sports in the Winter Olympics is that judging vagaries don't affect them.
- Hayden's interest in luge started when she saw the sport for the first time while watching the 1994 Olympics on television.
verb [no object]
Ride on a luge: youths luged in a reckless style...
- I started luging at 14 years of age when a luge track was built in Muskegon.
- I initially became interested in luging when I saw a documentary about it on television.
- We can take the gondola/cable car/whatever you want to call it all the way up and go luging!
Origin
Late 19th century (as a verb): from Swiss French.