Etymology

bob +‎ sledCategory:English compound terms#BOBSLED

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑbˌslɛd/Category:English 2-syllable words#BOBSLEDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#BOBSLED

Noun

bobsled (countable and uncountable, plural bobsleds)Category:English lemmas#BOBSLEDCategory:English nouns#BOBSLEDCategory:English uncountable nouns#BOBSLEDCategory:English countable nouns#BOBSLEDCategory:English countable nouns#BOBSLEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOBSLEDCategory:Pages with entries#BOBSLEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOBSLED

1. (Canada, USCategory:Canadian English#BOBSLEDCategory:American English#BOBSLED) Synonym of bobsleigh: a sled used to go down a bob track.
2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BOBSLED, Canada, USCategory:Canadian English#BOBSLEDCategory:American English#BOBSLED) Synonym of bobsleigh: the sport of travelling down a bob track as fast as possible.
3. A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; the compound sled so formed.
   • W. D. Howells

     The long wagon body set on bobsleds.

Verb

bobsled (third-person singular simple present bobsleds, present participle bobsledding, simple past and past participle bobsledded)Category:English lemmas#BOBSLEDCategory:English verbs#BOBSLEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BOBSLEDCategory:Pages with entries#BOBSLEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BOBSLED

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BOBSLED) To ride or race in a bobsled.

Further reading

• bobsleigh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “bobsled”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.