American English pronunciation

How to pronounce sledge

IPA transcription: [s'lɛdʒ]

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Noun

  • a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

  • a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

Verb

  • transport in a sleigh

  • ride in or travel with a sledge

    “the antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline”

    “The children sledged all day by the lake”

  • beat with a sledgehammer

Usage examples

  • Dori Doreau in the American television comedy series Sledge Hammer!
  • Alan Sledge was music director, and held down the mid-day shift.
  • He then distributed sledgehammers to the employees and ordered them to destroy the refrigerators.
  • Many of the members have since relocated to Visceral Games and Sledgehammer Games.
  • He later parodied this role in the premiere episode of Sledge Hammer!
  • I cannot keep up my circulation on a sledge.
  • He was also in charge of navigation, carrying the master compass on his sledge.
  • In April the following year, he launched an exploration of the island by sledge.