🛷 A racing sled 🛷 To race on ice

to bobsled

4.9

To ride in a long sled down an ice track with other people

verb
/ˈbɑːbˌslɛd/

: hacer bobsleigh

Every winter, tourists flock to the mountains to bobsled on the famous Olympic track.

Examples

He dreamed of competing in the Winter Games and practiced bobsledding every chance he got.
We bobsledded down the hill, laughing at how fast we picked up speed.
They bobsled every winter.
I want to bobsled this weekend!
Every winter, families visit the snowy mountains to bobsled at the race track.
For an exhilarating experience, you should bobsled down the steep icy slope.
During the festival, many visitors lined up to bobsled on the specially designed track.

Synonyms

to sleigh

vsto bobsled

3 5.3

To ride in a vehicle on runners over snow

is raced down icy courses in a small high speed vehicle

to sled

vsto bobsled

2 1.2

To ride on a low vehicle with runners over snow or ice

involves operating a specialized racing vehicle down an icy track

to toboggan

vsto bobsled

1 4.3

To slide down a snowy hill on a long sled

is done on a controlled, banked icy track using a crewed vehicle

to snowmobile

vsto bobsled

5.0

To ride a machine with skis at the front and a track at the back over snow

is a gravity powered run with a crew on an icy track

How Fast

to race

167 1.0

to bobsled

4.9

to sled

2 1.2

to glide

89 2.9

Surface Forms

bobsled infinitive

bobsledded past

bobsledded past participle

bobsledding present participle

bobsleds third person singular

Etymology

The verb bobsled comes from the noun: to bobsled is simply to ride or drive a bobsled, moving down an icy track in that fast, bobbing way.