[to.bog.gan] n [CanF tobogan, of Algonquian origin; akin to Micmac tobagun drag made of skin] (ca. 1820) 1: a long flat-bottomed light sled made usu. of thin boards curved up at one end with usu. low handrails at the sides
2: a downward course or a sharp decline
[2]toboggan vi (1846) 1: to coast on or as if on a toboggan
2: to decline suddenly and sharply -- to.bog.gan.er n -- to.bog.gan.ist n