sledged; sledging
: to transport on a sledge
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
The front door was broken down with a heavy sledge, while another flank busted through the back.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
The suspects used sledge hammers to break display cases and brandished firearms to threaten and control the staff and customers, police said.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
Josh Duhamel established himself as the inexplicable franchise stalwart, the roguish yet vanilla Captain Lennox, a military man whose jaw could shatter a sledge hammer.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Based on these sparse scribbles, an established narrative of the Franklin expedition’s fate emerged: After abandoning their ships in 1848, the men embarked on an overland march south, hauling heavy sledges loaded with supplies alongside them.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
The front door was broken down with a heavy sledge, while another flank busted through the back.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
The suspects used sledge hammers to break display cases and brandished firearms to threaten and control the staff and customers, police said.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
Josh Duhamel established himself as the inexplicable franchise stalwart, the roguish yet vanilla Captain Lennox, a military man whose jaw could shatter a sledge hammer.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Sledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sledge. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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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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