toboggan
/təˈbɒɡ(ə)n/
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American sound/təˈbɒɡ(ə)n/
təˈbɒɡən
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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tə - ˈbɒɡən -> toboggan
Myanmar meaning
ဆီးနှင်း ၊ ရေခဲပြင်တွင် လျှောစီးရန် ရှည်လျားပေါ့ပါးသည့် သစ်သားလှည်း တစ်မျိုး (ဘီးလုံးဝမပါ)။ ၎င်းလှည်းကို စီးသည်။
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- ‘The day of the party promises mittens and hats, mufflers and ski pants, toboggans and sleds.’
- ‘To stand on the footbridges that straddle the Run and look up the ice as riders on toboggans hurtle head-first beneath your feet at speeds of 120 km/h or better is to be awed by the boundlessness of human folly.’
- ‘Fred tells him that he is interested in toboggans.’
- ‘Beyond a small circle of knuckle draggers with a death wish, will aircraft-grade aluminum toboggans and such sell?’
- ‘We have a moment to relax before joining a group for our evening activity - ‘bum sliding’ down the pistes on tiny toboggans.’
- ‘We then load the blocks onto toboggans, haul them to the ice house, and stack and pack them with sawdust on all sides.’
- ‘Rumour circulated the next day that some intrepids ventured up to the top of Bourke Street with toboggans in a midnight mission.’
- ‘Next was on a toboggan: ‘Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.’’
- ‘In snow, it drove like a toboggan, but with worse steering.’
- ‘Bring an inner-tube or a roll-up toboggan or something, so if the pigs show up you can pull a fancy Batman escape, zipping down the east face, giggling like an imp.’
- ‘The camp appeared kind of unearthly from a short distance away - two tiny bright yellow pyramid tents, four wooden sledges, and two shining orange toboggans in a vast sea of white, dwarfed by the awesome, dark brown brooding mountains.’
- ‘They were digging holes to make ramps for their toboggans and causing serious damage.’
- ‘However, it is not yet clear if the New Year will start on a sufficiently white note to allow children in the Republic to dust off their snowboards and toboggans.’
- ‘This is the skeleton, so called because of the distinct appearance of the first metal toboggans.’
- ‘At Pelican Creek, the men unhitched the dogs, rolled up their pants, took off their boots, picked up the toboggan with the calves, and waded across.’
- ‘They brought him down the mountain on a toboggan.’
- ‘Two smaller toboggans carried the rest of the gear.’
- ‘Then, my daughter slid off the toboggan head first into a snow bank, and when I pulled her out she took from her mouth her first missing tooth.’
- ‘What finally remains of the peaks of Monument Valley when the world goes to sleep, as men depart on their toboggans to live in the suburbs?’
- ‘I always used to walk across the lake, skate on it, and even pull toboggans across it…’
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