Meaning of "bobsleigh" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOBSLEIGH

Bob² + sleigh.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BOBSLEIGH

ˈbɒbˌsleɪ

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOBSLEIGH

Bobsleigh is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bobsleigh in English.

WHAT DOES BOBSLEIGH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh or bobsled is a winter sport in which teams of two or four make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. The timed runs are combined to calculate the final score. The various types of sleds came several years before the first tracks were built in St. Moritz, Switzerland, where the original bobsleds were adapted upsized luge/skeleton sleds designed by the adventurously wealthy to carry passengers. All three types were adapted from boys' delivery sleds and toboggans. Competition naturally followed, and to protect the working class and rich visitors in the streets and byways of St Moritz, bobsledding was eventually banned from the public highway. In the winter of 1903/1904 the Badrutt family, owners of the historic Kulm Hotel and the Palace Hotel, allowed Emil Thoma to organise the construction of the first familiarly configured 'half-pipe' track in the Kulm Hotel Park, ending in the village of Cresta. It has hosted the sport during two Olympics and is still in use today.

Definition of bobsleigh in the English dictionary

The first definition of bobsleigh in the dictionary is a racing sledge for two or more people, with a steering mechanism enabling the driver to direct it down a steeply banked ice-covered run. Other definition of bobsleigh is a sleigh made of two short sledges joined one behind the other. Bobsleigh is also one of these two short sledges.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BOBSLEIGH

PRESENT

Present

I bobsleigh

you bobsleigh

he/she/it bobsleighs

we bobsleigh

you bobsleigh

they bobsleigh

Present continuous

I am bobsleighing

you are bobsleighing

he/she/it is bobsleighing

we are bobsleighing

you are bobsleighing

they are bobsleighing

Present perfect

I have bobsleighed

you have bobsleighed

he/she/it has bobsleighed

we have bobsleighed

you have bobsleighed

they have bobsleighed

Present perfect continuous

I have been bobsleighing

you have been bobsleighing

he/she/it has been bobsleighing

we have been bobsleighing

you have been bobsleighing

they have been bobsleighing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I bobsleighed

you bobsleighed

he/she/it bobsleighed

we bobsleighed

you bobsleighed

they bobsleighed

Past continuous

I was bobsleighing

you were bobsleighing

he/she/it was bobsleighing

we were bobsleighing

you were bobsleighing

they were bobsleighing

Past perfect

I had bobsleighed

you had bobsleighed

he/she/it had bobsleighed

we had bobsleighed

you had bobsleighed

they had bobsleighed

Past perfect continuous

I had been bobsleighing

you had been bobsleighing

he/she/it had been bobsleighing

we had been bobsleighing

you had been bobsleighing

they had been bobsleighing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will bobsleigh

you will bobsleigh

he/she/it will bobsleigh

we will bobsleigh

you will bobsleigh

they will bobsleigh

Future continuous

I will be bobsleighing

you will be bobsleighing

he/she/it will be bobsleighing

we will be bobsleighing

you will be bobsleighing

they will be bobsleighing

Future perfect

I will have bobsleighed

you will have bobsleighed

he/she/it will have bobsleighed

we will have bobsleighed

you will have bobsleighed

they will have bobsleighed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been bobsleighing

you will have been bobsleighing

he/she/it will have been bobsleighing

we will have been bobsleighing

you will have been bobsleighing

they will have been bobsleighing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would bobsleigh

you would bobsleigh

he/she/it would bobsleigh

we would bobsleigh

you would bobsleigh

they would bobsleigh

Conditional continuous

I would be bobsleighing

you would be bobsleighing

he/she/it would be bobsleighing

we would be bobsleighing

you would be bobsleighing

they would be bobsleighing

Conditional perfect

I would have bobsleigh

you would have bobsleigh

he/she/it would have bobsleigh

we would have bobsleigh

you would have bobsleigh

they would have bobsleigh

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been bobsleighing

you would have been bobsleighing

he/she/it would have been bobsleighing

we would have been bobsleighing

you would have been bobsleighing

they would have been bobsleighing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you bobsleigh
we let´s bobsleigh
you bobsleigh

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to bobsleigh

Past participle

bobsleighed

Present Participle

bobsleighing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF BOBSLEIGH

Find out the translation of bobsleigh to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bobsleigh from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bobsleigh» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 雪橇
• Translator English - Spanish: bobsleigh
• English: bobsleigh
• Translator English - Hindi: बोबस्लेय
• Translator English - Arabic: الزلاجة
• Translator English - Russian: бобслейная
• Translator English - Portuguese: bobsleigh
• Translator English - Bengali: দুইখানি ছোট শ্লেজ জুড়িয়া তৈয়ারী শ্লেজ
• Translator English - French: bobsleigh
• Translator English - Malay: Bobsleigh
• Translator English - German: Bob
• Translator English - Japanese: ボブスレー
• Translator English - Korean: 봅슬레이
• Translator English - Javanese: Bobsleigh
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bobsleigh
• Translator English - Tamil: பாப்ஸ்லை
• Translator English - Marathi: बॉब्सलेय
• Translator English - Turkish: yarış kızağı
• Translator English - Italian: bob
• Translator English - Polish: bobsleje
• Translator English - Ukrainian: бобслейная
• Translator English - Romanian: bob
• Translator English - Greek: έλκηθρο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bobslee
• Translator English - Swedish: bobsleigh
• Translator English - Norwegian: bobsleigh

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOBSLEIGH»

Discover the use of bobsleigh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bobsleigh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton

Do you have a need for speed? If you do, you'll want to read all about these Winter Olympic sliding sports. In this book, you'll learn how bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton competitors speed down steep, twisting tracks on aerodynamic sleds.

Robin Johnson, 2009

Cool Runnings and Beyond: The Story of the Jamaica Bobsleigh ...

"Cool Runnings and Beyond: The Story of the Jamaica Bobsleigh Team gives you a front-row seat to this incredible world, thanks to author Nelson "Chris" Stokes.

Chris Stokes, Jim Cotton, 2002

Berge, Bobsleigh and Boats The Insiders' Guide to ...

WINTER. The Berchtesgadener Land really comes into it's own in the winter when the snow has fallen. There are a great variety of sports for you to try. Skiing The area became well known for its ski runs after the German Ski Championships  ...

Yvonne Salisbury

Bobsleigh: Cool Runnings, Jamaica National Bobsled Team, ...

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6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010), 1 - 6 August ...

Aerodynamic Analysis of a Two-Man Bobsleigh G. Gibertini1, A. Soldati2,3, M. Campolo3, M. Andreoli3, and G. Moretti3 1 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Energetica e Macchine, ...

James Goh Cho Hong, Chwee Teck Lim, 2010

The Engineering of Sport 7: Vol. 2

Abstract: The performance of a bobsleigh is significantly affected by its aerodynamic properties. As it is typical for bluff bodies, the aerodynamic drag of a bobsleigh consists primarily of pressure drag and is dominated by its shape. The shape ...

Margaret Estivalet, Pierre Brisson, 2009

Bobsleigh Competitions: Bobsleigh World Cup, Bobsleigh at ...

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Source: Wikipedia, 2011

2010 Winter Olympics

385“Bobsleigh-Injuries leave Swiss in disarray.” http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics /news?slug=reubobsleightraining_pix&prov=reuters&type=lgns - Martyn Herman 19 February 2010 Yahoo! Sports article accessed 20 February 2010.

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The Engineering of Sport 6: Volume 3: Developments for ...

The Effect of Pressure on Friction of Steel and Ice and Implementation to Bobsleigh Runners Melanie Dumm1, Christian Hainzlmaier2, Stephan Boerboom3, Erich Wintermantel4 1 TU Munich, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Biocompatible ...

Eckehard Moritz, Steve Haake, 2010

Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton Tracks: Whistler Sliding ...

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Books Llc, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOBSLEIGH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bobsleigh is used in the context of the following news items.

Gillingham adrenaline junkie to experience weightlessness on …

... two wing walks, edging down the CN Tower in Toronto and experiencing G force 5 while descending the Olympic Bobsleigh run in Norway. «Western Gazette, Jul 15»

Macleans offering opportunity to feel what it's like to be Canadian

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Ever wanted to race down a bobsleigh track, or throw a stone with an award winning curler? To mark Canada ... «News1130, Jul 15»

John Noakes: an appreciation

He also had a famous spill from a bobsleigh on the Cresta Run, which left him not only bruised but embarrassed when he was asked to reveal ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

The Montrealers behind Haiti's world-class national ball hockey team

... Jamaica's unlikely 1988 Olympic bobsleigh team. But the connection to the ultimate underdogs who were featured in the film Cool Runnings, ... «Toronto Star, Jun 15»

Bourne's Richardson in the hunt for bobsleigh medals on and off the …

Bobsleigh is one of those sports that most people don't know much about, let alone try. But a Bourne man knows more than most about the ... «Rutland Times, Jun 15»

Britain to host 2016 International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation …

The decision was made following the recent Congress in the Belgian city Ghent and the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association are hoping ... «Insidethegames.biz, Jun 15»

Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton hosting recruiting camps

Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton is travelling across the country on a recruiting drive looking for men and women to drive, ride and push, hopefully ... «660 News, Jun 15»

Kiddle swaps bobsleigh for county track glory

Braintree bobsleigh ace Aleasha Kiddle showed she has lost none of her pace as she returned to athletics action with a gold medal at the ... «Braintree and Witham Times, Jun 15»

Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton Slides Coast-to-Coast in Search of Next …

Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton is looking for high-performance athletes from a variety of multi-sport backgrounds this summer. WireService.ca ... «Wire Service Canada, Jun 15»

2019 Bobsleigh & Skeleton World Championships

At the annual 2015 International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation ... time that the Whistler Sliding Centre hosts the Bobsleigh & Skeleton World ... «The Whistler News, Jun 15»