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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishslegge, fromOld Englishsleċġ(“sledgehammer; mallet”), fromProto-Germanic*slagjǭ. Cognate withDutchslegge(“sledge”),Swedishslägga(“sledge”),Norwegian Bokmålslegge(“sledge”),Norwegian Nynorsksleggje(“sledge”),Icelandicsleggja(“sledge”),GermanSchlägel.

Noun

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sledge (pluralsledges)

  1. A heavy, long handledmaul orhammer used to drivestakes,wedges, etc.
    • 1737, J. Ray,A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used, With their Significations and Original in twoAlphabetical Catalogues; the one, of such as are proper to theNorthern, the other, to theSouthern Counties. With an Account of the preparing and refining suchMetals andMinerals as are found inEngland.:
      [based on information from Major Hill, Master of the Silver Mills, in 1662, describing silver mining in Cardiganshire] They dig the Oar thus; One holds a little Picque, or Punch of Iron, having a long Handle of Wood which they call aGad; Another with a great Iron Hammer, orSledge, drives it into the Vein.
    • 2006, Tom Benford,Garage And Workshop Gear Guide:
      Sledge hammers are only used for heavy-duty persuading when working on vehicles or machinery.
Synonyms
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Translations
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sledgehammer—seesledgehammer

Verb

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sledge (third-person singular simple presentsledges,present participlesledging,simple past and past participlesledged)

  1. To hit with asledgehammer.
    • 1842, John O'Donovan,The Banquet of Dun Na N-Gedh and The Battle of Magh Rath: An Ancient and Historical Tale:
      The rapid and violent exertion of smiths, mightilysledging the glowing iron masses of their furnaces.
    • 2005, Langdon W Moore,Langdon W. Moore: His Own Story of His Eventful Life:
      When I inquired the reason of this wire being used in the construction of the safe, I was told it was to prevent the doors being broken by eithersledging or wedging.

Etymology 2

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DialectalDutchsleedse, fromMiddle Dutchsleedse, from the root ofsled.

Noun

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sledge (pluralsledges)

  2. A lowsled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.
    Thesledge ran far better upon the ice; I cannot say the same for the dogs.
  4. (British) any type ofsled orsleigh.
    • 1708, F. C.[possibly F. Conyers],Compleat Collier: Or, The Whole Art of Sinking, Getting, and Working, Coal-mines about Sunderland and New-Castle:
      Aged wore out Coal-Horses, which after some time Wrought you will have, may serve turn forSledge-Horses.
    • 1716, Myles Davies,Athenae Britannicae: Or, A Critical History of the Oxford and Cambridge Writers And Writings...Part I [the full title stretches for 70 words] reporting a passage in "Nicholas Sanders's Seditious Pamphlet"De Schismate Anglicano, &c (1585)
      Ty'd upon theSledge, a Papist and a Protestant in front, being two very disparate and antipathetick Companions, was a very ridiculous Science of Cruelty, even worst than Death it self (says he).
    • 2006, Richard Higgins, Peter Brukner, Bryan English, editors,Essential Sports Medicine:
      There are also Winter Paralympic Games with Alpine and Nordic events, as well assledge hockey - a form of ice hockey using a seatedsledge.
    • 2006, Pete Draper,Deconstructing the Elements With 3ds Max: Create Natural Fire, Earth, Air and Water Without Plug-Ins:
      For anyone who can recall their schooldays, when you used to get snow every winter, flying down hills on a polythene bag the thickness of an atom, and a lovely oldsledge your Grandpa made for you (the only Christmas it DIDN'T snow),...
  6. Acard game resemblingall fours andseven-up;old sledge.
Derived terms
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Translations
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sleigh or sled

Verb

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sledge (third-person singular simple presentsledges,present participlesledging,simple past and past participlesledged)

  1. Todrag ordraw a sledge.
    • 1860, Sherard Osborn,The career, last voyage and fate of ... Sir John Franklin:
      It should be remembered, that these explorations were nearly all made by our seamen and officers on foot, dragging sledges, on which were piled tents, provision, fuel for cooking, and raiment. Thissledging was brought to perfection by Captain M'Clintock.
    • 2004, Andy Selters,Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering:
      Sledging en route to Mt. Logan on the 1925 first ascent. [caption to photo of four men dragging a sledge]
  2. Toride,travel with ortransport in a sledge.
    • 1811, Maria Edgeworth,Popular Tales:
      He was also to initiate me in the American pastime of sleighing, orsledging.
    • 1860, John Timbs,School-days of Eminent Men: I. Sketches of the Progress of Education in England, from the Reign of King Alfred:
      When "the great fen or moor" which washed the city walls on the north was frozen over, sliding,sledging, and skating were the sports of crowds.
    • 2006, Godfrey (EDT) Baldacchino,Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands
      Some of these may be closely associated with the day-to-day lifestyle of such communities — marine activities (fishing, wildlife viewing), mountain activities (abseiling, climbing, hunting) or winter sports (dogsledging).

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Etymology 3

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FromSledge(“a surname”), influenced bysledgehammer. First attested in the 1960s in Australian English.

According toIan Chappell, originated in Adelaide during the 1963/4 or 1964/5Sheffield Shield season. A cricketer who swore in the presence of a woman was taken to be as subtle as a sledgehammer (meaning unsubtle) and was called “Percy” or “Sledge”, from singerPercy Sledge (whose songWhen a Man Loves a Woman was a hit at the time). Directing insults or obscenities at the opposition team then became known as sledging.[1]

Verb

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sledge (third-person singular simple presentsledges,present participlesledging,simple past and past participlesledged)

  1. (chieflycricket,Australia) Toverballyinsult orabuse anopponent in order todistract them (consideredunsportsmanlike).
    • 1998, Larry Elliott, Daniel E Atkinson,The Age of Insecurity:
      Batteries of fast bowlers softened batsmen up with short-pitched bowling, while fielders tried to disturb their concentration with a running commentary of insults commonly known assledging.
    • 2004, Dhanjoo N. Ghista,Socio-Economic Democracy and the World Government: Collective Capitalism, Depovertization, Human Rights, Template for Sustainable Peace:
      Then, all these...government legislators...would be able to totally concentrate on their roles and functions, without being entangled in interpartysledging and squabbles.
    • 2005, David Fraser,Cricket and the Law: The Man in White Is Always Right:
      The 2000Code of the Laws of Cricket includes new anti-sledging provisions.
    • 2013 November 6, Marina Hyde, “Whatever Shane Warne says, the Ashes sledgers need to raise their game”, inThe Guardian:
      "Bloody hell even theirsledging is now shite!!!" hesledged.
    • 7 July 2022,Boris Johnson,resignation speech‎[2]:
      it would be eccentric to change governments when we're delivering so much and when we have such a vast mandate and when we're actually only a handful of points behind in the polls, even in mid-term, after quite a few months of pretty relentlesssledging and when the economic scene is so difficult domestically and internationally.

Noun

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sledge (pluralsledges)

  1. (chieflycricket,Australia) An instance ofsledging.
    • 1990,Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page173:
      Now that's what I call asledge.
Translations
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to verbally insult or abuse an opponent in order to distract them
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References

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  1. ^1999, Graham Seal,The Lingo: Listening to Australian English,University of New South Wales Press,→ISBN, page 141.

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