sledge
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.
- 2.
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.
- 3.
(British)any type of sled or sleigh.
Ty'd upon the Sledge, 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).
- 4.
A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.
- 5.
(Australia)(chiefly cricket, Australia) An instance of sledging.
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verb- 1.
To hit with a sledgehammer.
- 2.
To drag or draw a sledge.
- 3.
To ride, travel with or transport in a sledge.
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 (dog sledging).
- 4.
(Australia)(chiefly cricket, Australia) To verbally insult or abuse an opponent in order to distract them (considered unsportsmanlike).
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From Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ (sledgehammer; mallet), from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ. Cognate with slegge sledge, slägga sledge, slegge sledge, sleggje sledge, sleggja sledge.