DCHP-1 Online

skidoo [< Ski-doo, q. v.]

• n. a small over-snow vehicle equipped with skis at the front and powered by a motor driving a treaded endless track. [See picture at motor toboggan]

  See also: motor toboggan  

  • This form is fast replacing the original trade name, for the word is becoming something of a generic name for motorized toboggans; the pronunciation is doubtless influenced by that of skidoo "go away fast," the connotations of which, along with those of ski and do, were implied by the manufacturer in coining the term.