kicksled

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noun

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.

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spark
OriginFinnish potkukelkka →
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Meanings

nounkicksled (plural kicksleds)

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

verbkicksled (third-person singular simple present kicksleds, present participle kicksledding, simple past and past participle kicksledded)

present singular third person kicksleds · participle present kicksledding · participle past kicksledded · past kicksledded

  1. To travel by kicksled

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

    2009 March 24, “Bicycle? Scooter? Actually, it's both”, in Toronto Star

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
spark

Origin

  1. Finnishpotkukelkka“kick sled”
  2. Englishkicksled

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.

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Translations

Danish sparkstøtting
  • sparkstøttingtype of small sled
Dutch stepslee, ijsstep
  • stepsleetype of small sled
  • ijssteptype of small sled
Estonian tõukekelk, Soome kelk
  • tõukekelktype of small sled
  • Soome kelktype of small sled
Finnish potkukelkka, potkukelkkailla
  • potkukelkkatype of small sled
  • potkukelkkaillato travel by kicksled
French trottinette des neiges
  • trottinette des neigestype of small sled
German Tretschlitten
  • Tretschlittentype of small sled
Norwegian Bokmål sparkstøtting, spark
  • sparkstøttingtype of small sled
  • sparktype of small sled
Polish sanki krzesełkowe, jeździć na sankach krzesełkowych
  • sanki krzesełkowetype of small sled
  • jeździć na sankach krzesełkowychto travel by kicksled
Russian са́нки, фи́нские са́нки
  • са́нки (sánki)type of small sled
  • фи́нские са́нки (fínskije sánki)type of small sled
Spanish trineo
  • trineotype of small sled
Swedish sparkstötting, spark
  • sparkstöttingtype of small sled
  • sparktype of small sled
Cite this entry
APA

kicksled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kicksled

MLA

“kicksled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kicksled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kicksled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kicksled.

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