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sledge

How to use sledge in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for sledge.

Editorial note

And I've split unseasoned gnarly pine with a wedge and sledge.

Examples15
Definitions5
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sledge gathered in one view.

noun

a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

noun

a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

verb

transport in a sleigh

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sledge.

noun

a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

noun

a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

verb

transport in a sleigh

verb

ride in or travel with a sledge; "the antarctic expedition sledged along the coastline"; "The children sledged all day by the lake"

Example sentences

1

And I've split unseasoned gnarly pine with a wedge and sledge.

2

Don't hit me over the head with a sledge hammer and wave good-bye forever.

3

A lot of projects that is the same thing as using a sledge hammer for a thumbtack.

4

Was return-to-libc really required to exploit it, or was I trying to kill a fly with a sledge hammer?

5

And, after doing that it would be good exercise and fun to take a sledge hammer to all of my computer parts.

6

If I show you a sledge hammer you won't risk to hit you on the head with it to find out whether it is made of steel or Styrofoam.

7

Usually to make third party software work with internal systems takes a lot of masking tape and sledge hammers.

8

Go to Cairo, build a wooden sledge, get some water and fifty men for an hour and see whether one can sledge two tons across wet sand.

9

"Surely the way to test this theory isn't to make a model of a sledge, and bake some wet sand in an oven in your lab in Amsterdam!

10

Faking an authority domain is difficult using black-hat seo techniques so it's the sledge hammer that Google uses today.

11

"[A team of eight researchers led by Daniel Bonn] placed a laboratory version of an Egyptian sledge in a bin of sand that had been dried in the oven.

12

In fact, it was one of the best bits of the telecast, watching the guys underneath furiously belting it with sledge hammers, in an effort to get it moving.

13

A showing that your phone was, for example, being used to call your mom at the same time that someone was getting smashed with a sledge hammer might be sufficient to give a jury reasonable doubt.

14

The FBI just used a very large sledge hammer to get data for one account because they felt Levison was jerking them around in part because of his demands for writing code to get that limited data.

15

We need to take a gigantic sledge hammer and smash apart the incoming stream of data, spray it as far across the space as possible and then linearly compose the pieces to construct something that looks right.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sledge in a sentence?

And I've split unseasoned gnarly pine with a wedge and sledge.

What does sledge mean?

a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

What part of speech is sledge?

sledge is commonly used as noun, verb.