luge
Plural: luges
Noun
- a racing sled for one or two people
- A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
- The sport of racing on luges.
- A piece of bone, ice or other material with a channel down which a drink (usually alcoholic) can be poured into someone's mouth.
Verb
Verb Forms: luged, lugeing, luges
- To race or slide down a track on a small, one-person sled.
- move along on a luge or toboggan
- To ride a luge; also, to participate in the sport of luge.
- To slide or slip down a slope.
Examples
- She watched her score luge down after her opponent played a massive word.
Origin / Etymology
The noun is borrowed from Swiss French or Franco-Provençal luge, from Medieval Latin scludia, from Late Latin sclodia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *stludio, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slide, slip; to be slick or slippery”). If so, it is related to sled and sleigh.
Sense 2.2 (“drinking utensil”) is from its resemblance to the tracks on which luges race.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Irish slaod (“raft, float”)
* Old Breton stloit (“sliding; traction”) (modern Breton stlej (“sleigh”))
* Welsh llithr (“slide, slippage”)
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 5
luge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordluge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
luge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary