sledge

Ice travel vehicle

A sledge is a heavy sled used for transporting loads over snow or ice, typically larger and sturdier than recreational sleds.

In British English, sledge is the common word for what Americans call a sled: The children took their sledges to the hill.

A sledgehammer is sometimes shortened to sledge.

To sledge is also cricket slang for taunting opponents to disrupt their concentration.

sled

toboggan

Runnerless snow vehicle

  • lugeFeet-first racing sled
  • runnersThose who race on foot
  • glideMove with effortless continuity

downhill · coasting · slope · ice · snow · pull · drag · wooden · metal · hill

hammer

blacksmith

Iron-shaping craftsperson

construction · crushing · breaking · masonry · chisel · tool · carpentry · wrecking · jackhammer · prybar

transport

mushing

Dog-sled transportation sport

expedition · polar · arctic · traverse · cargo · supplies · trail · team · lead dog · snowfield

verb

drag

Resistance through fluid

  • pullForce toward oneself
  • haulPull or carry laboriously
  • towPull something behind

heave · lug · transport · carry · schlep · trudge · effort · burden · load · heavy

Categories
Opposites
vehicle locomotion type

sledgewheeled vehicle

Transport with rotating supports

cart · wagon · carriage · automobile · car

tool action (sledgehammer sense)

sledgescalpel

Precise surgical knife

tweezers · precision tool · needle · fingertip

criticism style (british slang - to sledge)

sledgepraise

Expression of approval

compliment · lionize · commend · extol · laud

Phrases
Family

sled, sleds, sledding, bobsled, dogsled, sledgehammer, sledges, sledging, sledged

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G