sledge
A sledgehammerA sledgehammer.
» I bought the new sledge for my son.
Я купив синові нові санки.
Я купила синові нові санки.
Meaning
5 sensesA sledgehammer.
A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
The sledge ran far better upon the ice; I cannot say the same for the dogs.
(UK)Any type of sled or sleigh.
A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.
(Australia)An instance of sledging.
- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
- a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
Examples
13 sentencesI bought the new sledge for my son.
Я купив синові нові санки.
My brother and I built this sledge ourselves.
deMein Bruder und ich haben diesen Schlitten selbst gebaut.
The children are pulling the sledge up the hill.
deDie Kinder ziehen den Schlitten den Berg hinauf.
The kids are pulling their sledge up the hill.
deDie Kinder ziehen den Schlitten den Berg hinauf.
The sledge accelerated as it slid down the icy slope.
deDer Schlitten beschleunigte, als er den vereisten Abhang hinunterrutschte.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ (“sledgehammer; mallet”), from Proto-GeFrom 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”).
Dialectal Dutch sleedse, from Middle Dutch sleedse, from the root of sled.
From Sledge (“a surname”), influenced by sledgehammer. First attested in the 1960s in Australian English.
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Forms
plural: sledgesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges:maulsledgehammer
- a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow:sledsleigh