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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Shauna Farnell, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2025
There wasn’t enough snow to give birth to fat, round snowmen, or allow the dashing of sleds down a nearby hill.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Bill Chappell, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
Ruby was seen sitting on a red sled and sledding down the big hill with Grandpa.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Nonprofit group Gunnison Trails grooms nearly 20 miles of singletrack specifically for fat biking, using a special track sled to keep the trail width ideal and the surface packed perfectly for fat tires.
—Shauna Farnell, The Denver Post, 29 Jan. 2025
There wasn’t enough snow to give birth to fat, round snowmen, or allow the dashing of sleds down a nearby hill.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
As thermometers plunged Tuesday morning, health warnings and road closures spread, but people also seized a rare opportunity to see their neighborhoods coated in snow — and to go sledding.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
Ruby was seen sitting on a red sled and sledding down the big hill with Grandpa.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Sled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sled. Accessed 8 Feb. 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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