English
luge
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /luːʒ/
Noun

luge (plural luges)

  1. A racing sled for one or two people that is ridden with the rider or riders lying on their back.
  2. The sport of racing on luges.
  3. A piece of ice, bone or other material with a channel down which a (usually alcoholic) drink can be poured into someone's mouth.
    • 1999, Ronald S. Beitman, Liquor Liability: A Primer for Winning Your Case:
      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.
    • 2010, Dan Wiederer, Blue Streak: The Highs, Lows and Behind the Scenes Hijinks of a National Champion (ISBN 9781450216807), page 16:
      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.
    • 2013, Katie Johnstonbaugh, Food Lovers' Guide to® Oklahoma: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings, Rowman & Littlefield (ISBN 9780762790906), page 5:
      From restaurant openings and closings to how to do a “Bone Marrow Luge,” you'll want to check him out for the latest on the gastronomic scene.
    • 2017, J. J. Goode, Helen Hollyman, Editors of Munchies, Munchies: Late-Night Eats from the World's Best Chefs, Clarkson Potter (ISBN 9780399580086), page 70:
      For Junior that meant creative-Italian appetizing at Bestia (technically in the Arts District) and something called a bone luge, where a sommelier pours sherry down your gullet via a recently scraped cow femur.
Translations
  • Russian: сани
Translations Verb

luge (luges, present participle luging; past and past participle luged)

  1. (intransitive) To travel by luge; to ride a luge.


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