sledging

Meaning of sledging

noun
  1. the activity of travelling or sliding downhill over snow on a sledge.
    I hope it snows—there's nothing like sledging to give you an appetite for roast turkey and Christmas pud

mid 19th century: from sledge1.

noun
  1. the practice of making taunting or teasing remarks to an opposing player, especially a batsman, in order to disturb their concentration.
    in the wake of the controversial Test match, several cricket experts and fans demanded a ban on sledging

1970s: from sledge3, originally Australian.

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. travel or slide downhill over snow on a sledge.
    they sledged down the slopes in the frozen snow
    children built snowmen and went sledging after hundreds of schools shut

late 16th century (as a noun): from Middle Dutch sleedse ; related to sled. The verb dates from the early 18th century.

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. make taunting or teasing remarks to (an opposing player, especially a batsman) in order to disturb their concentration.
    Zol smashed Zaheer for a couple of fours immediately after being sledged by the veteran seamer
    in Australia he stared down batsmen, sledged, swore, and kept coming at them

1970s: from sledging2.

Information about sledging

  • The plural form of sledging is: sledgings.
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Hyphenation of sledging

sledg-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • sledging is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of sledging

geldings, sniggled

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