1
: a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially on snow or ice
especially
: a small steerable one used especially by children for coasting down snow-covered hills
2
sledded; sledding
: to ride on a sled or sleigh
sledder
noun
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Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
There’s an immunity challenge with a sled, sandbags, a ramp, and a puzzle at the end that decides it all.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 15 Jan. 2024
Your backyard or driveway sledding on a snow day this is not.
—Terry Ward, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Two-woman sleds can have a maximum total weight of 730 pounds.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
There’s an immunity challenge with a sled, sandbags, a ramp, and a puzzle at the end that decides it all.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
For the first time this year there was scraping of car windshields, shoveling of snow, sledding down city scape slopes.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 15 Jan. 2024
Your backyard or driveway sledding on a snow day this is not.
—Terry Ward, CNN, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Sled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sled. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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sled
1 of 2 noun1
: a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially over snow or ice
2
: a small sled used especially by children for coasting on snow-covered slopes
sled
2 of 2 verb
sledded; sledding
: to ride or carry on a sled or sleigh
sledder
noun
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