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Added 9 October 2026

sledge

/slɛd͡ʒ/ noun

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A sledgehammer.

verb

To hit with a sledgehammer.

noun

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.
any type of sled or sleigh.
A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.

verb

To drag or draw a sledge.
To ride, travel with or transport in a sledge.

Origin

From 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”).

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