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How to pronounce luge in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms toboggan
Type of sled, sleigh
Derivation luging
Type Words
Type of sleigh, sled, sledge

Examples of luge

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Under the new setup, no luge athlete was injured during the two-day competition.
From the time.com
After all, he had been invited to train with the world-beating German luge team.
From the guardian.co.uk
Most of the runs were taken by the Canadian bobsleigh, luge and skeleton teams.
From the thenewstribune.com
Yet worse for luge, and the 2010 Games, would be another tragedy, or even injury.
From the thenewstribune.com
Four years later, it still drives the most decorated luge team in U.S. history.
From the kentucky.com
He was told of the decision by his longtime luge sliding partner, Brian Martin.
From the timesunion.com
With that, the U.S.'s best-ever Olympic luge team shoots from the starting block.
From the time.com
What the IOC failed to see on the luge course is repeating itself in snowboarding.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The article touts a luge camp run by the USA luge team, which is a non-profit.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
More examples
  • A racing sled for one or two people
  • Toboggan: move along on a luge or toboggan
  • (luging) riding a light one-man toboggan
  • A Luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. ...
  • A sled specially designed and built for racing. It rides on runners called steels, attached to two kufens, which are connected by the bridges. The slider rides in a pod that's suspended from the bridges. (French for "sled.")
  • French word for sled or toboggan. Omega Curve: A set of three large curves that are connected. From above, the shape resembles the Greek letter omega.
  • Cutting a channel in block of ice and then pouring alcohol into channel while someone lays on ground to drink it (mostly school age and college).