1
: a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially on snow or ice
especially
: a small steerable one used especially by children for coasting down snow-covered hills
2
sledded; sledding
: to ride on a sled or sleigh
sledder
noun
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
The front sports two tool-free lockable drive sleds, a power button, a 10Gbps USB-C port, a 10Gbps USB-A port, and LED indicators for the LAN port and both drives.
—PC Magazine, 13 July 2025
Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
In 2002, four teenagers in Maine were struck on a hill while sledding, according to the National Lightning Safety Institute.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The director kept his sled hanging in his office for years before donating it to the Academy Museum in 2018.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025
The front sports two tool-free lockable drive sleds, a power button, a 10Gbps USB-C port, a 10Gbps USB-A port, and LED indicators for the LAN port and both drives.
—PC Magazine, 13 July 2025
Verb
There was a snowball battle in Union Square, and people sledding down the streets on serving trays; a luge race launched from Grace Cathedral, sledders rocketing down Sacramento Street toward the bay.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
In 2002, four teenagers in Maine were struck on a hill while sledding, according to the National Lightning Safety Institute.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Sled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sled. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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