American English pronunciation
How to pronounce sledge
IPA transcription: [s'lɛdʒ]
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Noun
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a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
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a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
Verb
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transport in a sleigh
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ride in or travel with a sledge
“the antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline”
“The children sledged all day by the lake”
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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.