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Meaning of Sledging | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The act of using a sledge to travel over snow.
  2. The act of using a sledgehammer to bend or crush an object.
  3. The practice of a fielder making insulting or comical references to an opposition batsman with the aim of distracting the batter.

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Examples

“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.”
“It is necessary, therefore, to force the ends to the proper curvature, either by sledging, or by some other equivalent means;”
“Mind you, Wally wasn't bad at the sledging caper himself.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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