Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to toboggan
Participle: tobogganned
Gerund: tobogganning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | toboggan |
| you | toboggan |
| he;she;it | toboggans |
| we | toboggan |
| you | toboggan |
| they | toboggan |
Perfect
| I | have tobogganned |
| you | have tobogganned |
| he;she;it | has tobogganned |
| we | have tobogganned |
| you | have tobogganned |
| they | have tobogganned |
Past
| I | tobogganned |
| you | tobogganned |
| he;she;it | tobogganned |
| we | tobogganned |
| you | tobogganned |
| they | tobogganned |
Pluperfect
| I | had tobogganned |
| you | had tobogganned |
| he;she;it | had tobogganned |
| we | had tobogganned |
| you | had tobogganned |
| they | had tobogganned |
Future
| I | will toboggan |
| you | will toboggan |
| he;she;it | will toboggan |
| we | will toboggan |
| you | will toboggan |
| they | will toboggan |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tobogganned |
| you | will have tobogganned |
| he;she;it | will have tobogganned |
| we | will have tobogganned |
| you | will have tobogganned |
| they | will have tobogganned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | toboggan |
| you | toboggan |
| he;she;it | toboggan |
| we | toboggan |
| you | toboggan |
| they | toboggan |
Perfect
| I | have tobogganned |
| you | have tobogganned |
| he;she;it | have tobogganned |
| we | have tobogganned |
| you | have tobogganned |
| they | have tobogganned |
Imperfect
| I | tobogganned |
| you | tobogganned |
| he;she;it | tobogganned |
| we | tobogganned |
| you | tobogganned |
| they | tobogganned |
Pluperfect
| I | had tobogganned |
| you | had tobogganned |
| he;she;it | had tobogganned |
| we | had tobogganned |
| you | had tobogganned |
| they | had tobogganned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would toboggan |
| you | would toboggan |
| he;she;it | would toboggan |
| we | would toboggan |
| you | would toboggan |
| they | would toboggan |
Perfect
| I | would have tobogganned |
| you | would have tobogganned |
| he;she;it | would have tobogganned |
| we | would have tobogganned |
| you | would have tobogganned |
| they | would have tobogganned |
Imperative
| you | toboggan |
| we | Let's toboggan |
| you | toboggan |
Verbs conjugated like 'toboggan'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'toboggan'
taboggan,
toboggin,
bogan,
tarboggin,
beggar,
biggen,
boggle,
embiggen,
monogram,
obsign,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
The noun is attested since 1829, the verb since 1846. Both derive from French tabaganne, which derives from an Algonquian word, probably Mi'kmaq tepaqan or Abenaki dabôgan, influenced by similar words in other Eastern Canadian Algonquian languages. The sense of "hat" is recorded since 1929 and is short for toboggan cap (1928), a cap suitable for wearing while tobogganing.
Sample Sentences
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Mr. Macaulay, the landlord, insisted upon trying to "toboggan" us down the mountain on the saddle cloth of one of the horses, an attempt that ended of course in disaster, for the surface was much too small for the three of us, and the snow too soft for the purpose. [1887, E. Katherine (Emily Katherine) Bates, A Year in the Great Republic:]
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The aspect of this patient was greatly changed for the better; she was able to skate, toboggan, and mount 500 feet of Maloja Pass without fatigue. [1888, Alfred Thomas Tucker Wise, Alpine winter in its medical aspects:]
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I froze my toes some years ago, while tobogganing, and was unaware of it until I took off my shoe and walked across the room, when the unusual noise on the boards attracted my attention. [1916, William John Thomas, (John) Doran, Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries:]
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The hillside, lined with a coating of wet leaves ready to toboggan her down the slope, made her grateful for a few saplings that provided handholds. [2006, Nita Hughes, The Cathar Legacy:]
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A depression in one nation can become the slide on which our civilization would toboggan into economic collapse. [1945, Emil Rieve, International Labor Standards, A Key to World Security, pamphlet:]
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I can't win, can I? You think I'm posh and my folks think I'm tobogganing down-market faster than the royal family. [2006, Keith Dixon, Altered Life:]
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Aircraft returning to refuel at about three o'clock have tobogganed down to their spats in the mud whilst early in the morning one could bounce a crowbar on the frozen ground. [1961, Wings, volumes 31-33, page 11:]
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How did a piston engine tanker refuel a faster jet bomber? It "tobogganed" - the refueling connection would be made high up and then the bomber and tanker flew "downhill" together enabling the tanker to pick up more speed. [2005, The Mobility Forum: The Journal of the Air Mobility Command, page 21:]