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Ski-doo, Skidoo, n. orig. N. Amer.|skɪˈduː, ˈskiːduː|
Also skidoo.
The proprietary name of a motorized toboggan; hence gen. (with lower-case initial), any motorized toboggan.
1961Time (Canada ed.) 29 Dec. 10/1 To hear the Eskimos tell it, the Ski-doo is the greatest thing to hit the north since stripped blubber. 1963Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 Mar. 30/2 Fishermen..were getting to the choice spots the easy way, using skidoos. 1964Star Weekly (Toronto) 19 Dec. 13/1 The first of these open-air snowmobiles was the Skidoo, originated by the late Armand Bombardier of Valcourt, Que., seven years ago. 1966Beaver Winter 29/2 A trapper with a fast skidoo is able to cover his lines in a third of the time that it took him to do it by dog-team. 1969Trade Marks Jrnl. (Canada) 23 July 961/2 Ski-doo... Filing date: Oct. 31 1968. Bombardier Limited, Valcourt, Quebec. 1969Guardian 30 Aug. 4/5 It was this valley which one had originally proposed to travel along with the skidoos. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon xvii. 238 Do you want to go by Skidoo, or dog-team? 1977Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 Mar. 5/5 One man..gave me a thrilling but hair-raising lift on his skidoo.
Hence as v. intr., to travel by Skidoo; skiˈdooing vbl. n., skiˈdooer.
1966North (Ottawa) Nov.–Dec. 38 She now substitutes skidooing under the Midnight Sun for surfing on sub⁓tropical seas. 1968J. G. Vermandel So Long at Fair xvii. 129 It was near one of those small hills that a ski⁓dooer came upon the body. 1975W. S. Avis in Occasional Papers Dept. English R. Military Coll. Canada (1978) No. 2. 25 To skidoo. 1979R. Fiennes Hell on Ice viii. 120 Charlie and I skidooed back to our abandoned tents. 1980Beautiful British Columbia Winter 9 (caption) Skidooing near Fort St. John. |
