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kicksled en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque of Finnish potkukelkka (“kick sled”), equivalent to kick + sled. This term possibly because arose the device appears to be first introduced to larger American audience in the form kick-sled in the Feb. 26th 1940 issue of the Life magazine in a story of the Finnish Winter War.

Meanings

  1. A type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
kicksleds Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

spark

Translations (19)

ru са́нки (type of small sled) · es trineo (type of small sled) · de Tretschlitten (type of small sled) · sv sparkstötting (type of small sled) · fi potkukelkka (type of small sled) · izh potkuri (type of small sled) · nb sparkstøtting (type of small sled) · nb spark (type of small sled) · da sparkstøtting (type of small sled) · nl stepslee (type of small sled) · ru фи́нские са́нки (type of small sled) · nn sparkstutting (type of small sled) · sv spark (type of small sled) · nl ijsstep (type of small sled) · fr trottinette des neiges (type of small sled) · pl sanki krzesełkowe (type of small sled) · nn sparkstytting (type of small sled) · et tõukekelk (type of small sled) · et Soome kelk (type of small sled)

kicksled en · VERB

Etymology

Calque of Finnish potkukelkka (“kick sled”), equivalent to kick + sled. This term possibly because arose the device appears to be first introduced to larger American audience in the form kick-sled in the Feb. 26th 1940 issue of the Life magazine in a story of the Finnish Winter War.

Meanings

  1. To travel by kicksled
    • They were popularized by kicksledding and dog scootering – used to keep sled dogs in shape in summer. 2009 March 24, “Bicycle? Scooter? Actually, it's both”, in Toronto Star:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
kicksledded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kicksledded Tense=Past lexicographic
kicksledding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kicksleds Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (2)

pl jeździć na sankach krzesełkowych (to travel by kicksled) · fi potkukelkkailla (to travel by kicksled)