ボブスレー

also: ボッブスレー

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

bobsleigh; bobsled

Refers to the winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked ice tracks in a gravity-powered sled.

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Standard katakana spelling for the winter sport.

ボッブスレー

Variant spelling with geminate ッ; rarely used.

リュージュ
Luge is a one-person or two-person sled ridden face-up and feet-first, while bobsleigh is a larger sled ridden by teams in a seated position.
スケルトン
Skeleton is a one-person sled ridden face-down and head-first, unlike the seated team format of bobsleigh.

Borrowed from English 'bobsleigh' or 'bobsled'.