luger
luger Lexical Profile
luger Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An athlete who competes in the winter sport of luge, racing down an ice track while lying supine and feetfirst on a small sled.
"The Olympic luger navigated the icy curves of the track at speeds exceeding eighty miles per hour."
A German semi-automatic pistol featuring a distinctive toggle-lock action (usually capitalized as Luger), widely used during the first half of the twentieth century.
"The museum's historical display featured a vintage Luger alongside communication equipment from the First World War."
• Rhymes for luger
Word Origin & Etymology
The winter sport sense derives from 'luge' (from French dialect for a small sled) plus the agent suffix '-er'. The capitalized firearm sense is an eponym named after the Austrian designer Georg Luger (1849–1923), who patented the pistol in 1898.