sno-go

English

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Sno-Go, a brand selling snow bikes. Brand name derives from a stylization of snow +‎ go.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsnoʊɡoʊ/

Noun

sno-go (plural sno-gos)

  1. (Alaska) A snowmobile.

Verb

sno-go (third-person singular simple present sno-gos, present participle sno-going, simple past and past participle sno-goed)

  1. (Alaska, rare) To travel by snowmobile.
    • 2003, Charles W. Sasser, Norma Cobb, Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds‎[1]:
      There were two ways to make the journey: either bush plane to Rampart and mush or sno-go the nineteen miles upvalley; or drive to Minto and mush or sno-go sixty miles across the Top of the World.

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