Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. UK A winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled.
- n. UK The sled used in the sport of bobsleigh
- v. To ride a bobsleigh.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
- n. formerly two short sleds coupled together
Examples
“To be fair, a good number of these persons were once good at riding horses, shooting guns, sailing yachts, and/or participating in bobsleigh competitions, among other hearty out-of-door recreations of the very rich.”
“But the bobsleigh has been an Olympic winter sport since 1924 and has all the thrills of a giant gravity-fed roller coaster.”
“A NASCAR guy decided to have a go at redesigning the bobsleigh; Stephen Colbert got his viewers to sponsor the speed skaters.”
“No wonder they named a bend at the Olympic bobsleigh track in St Moritz after him.”
The Guardian: Danny Cipriani and playboy players are dragging rugby into the 70s | Harry Pearson
“Sachs was a German millionaire playboy and 1958 European bobsleigh champion.”
The Guardian: Danny Cipriani and playboy players are dragging rugby into the 70s | Harry Pearson
“Kenya has long dominated distance running at the Summer Olympics, but some Kenyans believe they could one day rival Jamaica's famous bobsleigh team by bringing their own brand of "cool runnings" to a major tournament.”
“Their story is one of unlikelihood and guts, with echoes of the famous Jamaican bobsleigh team at the 1988 Calgary Games.”
The Guardian: GB women's volleyball team determined to get to 2012 Olympics
“Hollywood made a film about them and a measure of their legacy is that Jamaica has a Winter Olympic bobsleigh team to this day.”
The Guardian: GB women's volleyball team determined to get to 2012 Olympics
“The Power2Podium initiative, jointly coordinated by UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport, is aimed at applicants whose natural attributes can be honed to an international standard in disciplines such as athletics, rugby sevens, bobsleigh and skeleton, canoeing, sprint cycling and weightlifting.”
The Guardian: Search starts for Britain's Olympic talent of the future
“They go to a little lake nearby in the summer for swimming; in the cold season walks are organised and when snow has fallen they have got a bobsleigh at their disposition and some skis which sport they appreciate very much.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bobsleigh’.
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
weightlift, orbitale, figure skate, speed skate, synchronizer, equestrian sport, bobsleigh, starting block, diesis, ligne, piste, water ski and 521 more...
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Bob
He's everywhere.
bob, Bob, bobolink, nabob, bobbing, apple bobbing, Bob Dylan, ragtag and bobtail, plumb bob, kabob, discombobulate, earbob and 106 more...
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A Salpicon of Random Palavery
More random words and phrases that reflect my eclectic, stream-of-consciousess style of word and idea gathering.
durometer, mock-grudge, nimini-pimini, chrisom, sine metu, monteverdian, tagh, monodic, sharakan, watermen, wherrymen, winged gudgeon and 137 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bobsleigh.
hernesheir Whilst fighting the Boers, Trenchard (Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard) was critically wounded and as a result of his injury, he lost a lung, was partially paralysed and returned to Great Britain. On medical advice Trenchard travelled to Switzerland to recuperate and boredom saw him taking up bobsleighing. After a heavy crash, Trenchard found that his paralysis was gone and that he could walk unaided. Following further recuperation, Trenchard returned to active service in South Africa.
(Wikipedia)
Sep 25, 2009