kicksled

English

An original Norwegian-style kicksled

Etymology

Although the kicksled originates from Norway, the English term is a 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.

Noun

kicksled (plural kicksleds)

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.

Synonyms

• spark (used especially by the Americans of Norwegian descent)

Translations

type of small sled

• Danish: sparkstøtting c
• Dutch: stepslee, ijsstep
• Estonian: tõukekelk, Soome kelk
• Finnish: potkukelkka (fi)
• French: trottinette des neiges (fr) f
• German: Tretschlitten n
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sparkstøtting c, spark

  Nynorsk: sparkstytting c, sparkstutting c

• Russian: са́нки (ru) f pl (sánki), фи́нские са́нки f pl (fínskije sánki) (Finnish sled)
• Spanish: trineo (es)
• Swedish: sparkstötting (sv) c, spark (sv)

Verb

kicksled (third-person singular simple present kicksled, present participle d, simple past and past participle ed)

1. To travel by kicksled
   • 2009 March 24, “Bicycle? Scooter? Actually, it's both”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     They were popularized by kicksledding and dog scootering – used to keep sled dogs in shape in summer.

Translations

to travel by kicksled

• Finnish: potkukelkkailla
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