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sledge

Pronunciation: /slɛd͡ʒ/

The English word “sledge” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A sledgehammer.
  2. A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
  3. any type of sled or sleigh.
  4. A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.
  5. An instance of sledging.

verb

  1. To hit with a sledgehammer.
  2. To drag or draw a sledge.
  3. To ride, travel with or transport in a sledge.
  4. To verbally insult or abuse an opponent in order to distract them (considered unsportsmanlike).

Etymology

From Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ (“sledgehammer; mallet”), from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ. Cognate with Dutch slegge (“sledge”), Swedish slägga (“sledge”), Norwegian Bokmål slegge (“sledge”), Norwegian Nynorsk sleggje (“sledge”), Icelandic sleggja (“sledge”).

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