sledged; sledging
: to transport on a sledge
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Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 Rather than skates, players use double blade sledges that allow the puck to slide underneath and have two sticks, which have a spike-end for propulsion and a blade-end for handling the puck. —ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 There, just under 200 athletes from 16 countries competed in Alpine and cross-country skiing, with ice sledge racing also featured as a demonstration event. —Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 Those numbers would usually suggest a demolition-down-to-the-studs rebuild, but the task of replacing Jim Mora didn’t require sledge hammers or dynamite. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sledge
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Noun
Around the same time, Schipper had texted their daughter Grace to wrap the handle of a sledge hammer in black electrical tape. —Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026 Rather than skates, players use double blade sledges that allow the puck to slide underneath and have two sticks, which have a spike-end for propulsion and a blade-end for handling the puck. —ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026 There, just under 200 athletes from 16 countries competed in Alpine and cross-country skiing, with ice sledge racing also featured as a demonstration event. —Liam Tharme, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 Those numbers would usually suggest a demolition-down-to-the-studs rebuild, but the task of replacing Jim Mora didn’t require sledge hammers or dynamite. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sledge
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“Sledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/sledge. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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sledge
1 of 3 nounsledge
2 of 3 noun
: a strong heavy sled
sledge
3 of 3 verb
sledged; sledging
: to travel with or transport on a sledge
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