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sledge

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[ slej ]

noun

  1. a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc.
  2. a sled.
  3. British. a sleigh.


verb (used with or without object)

sledged, sledging.
  1. to convey or travel by sledge.

verb (used without object)

sledged, sledging.
  1. British. to sleigh.

sledge

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[ slej ]

noun

sledged, sledging.

sledge

1

/ slɛd; ɛ /

noun

  1. Also calledsleigh a vehicle mounted on runners, drawn by horses or dogs, for transporting people or goods, esp over snow
  2. a light wooden frame used, esp by children, for sliding over snow; toboggan
  3. a farm vehicle mounted on runners, for use on rough or muddy ground
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verb

  1. to convey, travel, or go by sledge
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sledge

2

/ ɛ /

noun

  1. short for sledgehammer
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sledge

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/ ɛ /

verb

  1. tr to bait (an opponent, esp a batsman in cricket) in order to upset his concentration
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noun

  1. an insult aimed at another player during a game of cricket
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ岵, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sledge1

1595–1605; < dialectal Dutch sleeds, derivative of slede sled; sleigh

Origin of sledge2

before 1000; Middle English slegge, Old English slecg; cognate with Dutch slegge, Old Norse sleggja; akin to slay
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sledge1

C17: from Middle Dutch sleedse; C14 sled, from Middle Low German, from Old Norse slethi, related to slide

Origin of sledge2

of uncertain origin; perhaps from sledgehammer
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The court also heard that DNA, "likely to have been left by Mr Sheen" was found on a sledge hammer left in the toilet cubicle at the stately home.

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"I remember him getting sledged by the opposition and he preceded to ramp like he did for Australia against some pretty intimidating first grade bowlers."

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When they arrived the resort "looked lovely", Mrs O'Neil said, and the family enjoyed their first afternoon there doing some sledging, snowball fights and snow angels.

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It will come as no surprise that Santa will not be sledging through inches of the white stuff here in the UK.

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Carrying sledge hammers, scientists hiked to the impact site in South Africa to chisel off chunks of rock to understand the crash.

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