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Sledging

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of using a sledge to travel over snow. countable, uncountable

    "In 1831 the naval officer James Clark Ross led the British effort north by sledging out from his ice-bound ship, HMS Victory; after several weeks travelling with Inuit companions he succeeded in finding his compass needle sitting upright."

  2. 2
    The act of using a sledgehammer to bend or crush an object. countable, uncountable

    "It is necessary, therefore, to force the ends to the proper curvature, either by sledging, or by some other equivalent means;"

  3. 3
    The practice of a fielder making insulting or comical references to an opposition batsman with the aim of distracting the batter. countable, uncountable

    "Mind you, Wally wasn't bad at the sledging caper himself."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sledge form-of, gerund, participle, present

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