Definition of "luge" []

• A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying supine. (noun)
• A competition in which these sleds race against a clock. (noun)

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• "Olympics recap: The pecking order in luge is rarely broken, and Salt Lake City yielded few surprises."
• "Whilst I think you're having a laugh (pretending, from your Piedmont fastness, to have forgotten your booze-fuelled past) a vodka luge is a large ice sculpture, the more elaborate the better."
• "Officials have moved the start of the men's luge from the top of the track to curve 3, where women and skeleton racers were originally supposed to start."