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How to pronounce luging in English?

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Type Words
Type of tobogganing
Derivation luge

Examples of luging

luging
My question about luging is, How do you get into the luge community to begin with?
From the nytimes.com
I was in Rotorua recently for a weekend of spa pampering, hangi and luging, so I'm not entirely sure what to expect from this visit.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Spencer, 4, had been about to get in the car to go with his father on that fateful trip when, at the last minute, he decided instead to go luging with his big brother and their cousins.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It came as a surprise, then, when the unruly host interrupted their interview to don a rocket-shaped helmet and climb aboard his own desk, belly down, in a pastiche of Williams's luging posture.
From the guardian.co.uk
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).