Luge

Quick meaning: Luge is a noun meaning (countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.

Meaning

(countable) A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.

More Meanings

1. The sport of racing on luges.
2. A piece of bone, ice or other material with a channel down which a drink (usually alcoholic) can be poured into someone's mouth.
3. To ride a luge; also, to participate in the sport of luge.
4. (figuratively) To slide or slip down a slope.

Example Sentences

From restaurant openings and closings to how to do a "Bone Marrow Luge," you'll want to check him [Dave Cathey] out for the latest on the gastronomic scene.

Kegs of beer were set up around every corner. There was also a liquor luge—a giant block of ice, slanted at a 45-degree angle and carved with a convenient path for shots to be poured down and into the mouths of anyone who was thirsty.

The luge was a block of ice, sometimes up to three-and-one-half feet long, which had narrow grooves etched into it. Alcohol was poured onto one end of the luge and as the alcohol traveled down the narrow grooves in the block of ice, it was cooled and then ran directly into the mouth of the waiting drinker on the other end.

[Norman] Ollestad was only 11 when a small plane carrying him, his father and his father's girlfriend to a ski race slammed into the San Gabriel Mountains west of Los Angeles during a blizzard. […] After the girlfriend luged to her death halfway down the icy slope, Ollestad had to pick his way down alone, following the trail of her blood.

Word Forms

• luges
• luging
• lugeing
• luged

Synonyms for luge

Depending on context, synonyms include toboggan.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include toboggan, sled, pung, sledge, cardboard, sledder.

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