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Noun: bobsled  'bób,sled
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: bobsleigh)
  1. A long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism
    - bobsleigh [Brit], bob
     
  2. A winter sport in which teams of two or four people make timed runs down narrow, twisting and banked iced tracks in a sled
    - bobsleigh [Brit, Cdn]
     
  3. Formerly two short sleds coupled together
    - bobsleigh [Brit]
Verb: bobsled (bobsledded,bobsledding)  'bób,sled
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: bobsleigh)
  1. (sport) ride a bobsled
    "The boys bobsledded down the hill screaming with pleasure";
    - bob, bobsleigh [Brit]

Derived forms: bobsleds, bobsledded, bobsledding

Type of: sled [N. Amer], sledge, sleigh

Encyclopedia: Bobsled