Definitions for bobsled

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bobsled bob·sled

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IPA: /ˈbɒbˌslɛd/

Bobsled is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in bobsled (bbdelos).

Definitions for bobsled

noun

1. a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
2. a sled formed of two short sleds coupled one behind the other.
3. either of the sleds thus coupled.

verb (used without object)

1. to ride on a bobsled.

Origin of bobsled

An Americanism dating back to 1830-40; bob² + sled

Examples for bobsled

They started away from the house, the two boys dragging the bobsled.

It has been 12 years since Jamaica has entered a team in a bobsled event.

Any boy who can drive a nail and bore a hole can have a bobsled on short notice.

Got on a bobsled shortly thereafter and that February, we were in the Olympics.

The pushing on the bobsled is a very technical skill that needs lots of practice.

They found Bert and Charlie busy making a bobsled in the back yard.

"I knew it would be hard, but it was definitely difficult, for sure," Jones said of her segue from track to bobsled.

They tried the bobsled, Ba'tiste and Houston, only to give it up.

Track and field star Lolo Jones may earn a spot on the Olympic bobsled squad after only one year of training.

He led the way, and they followed, dragging the bobsled behind them.