sledging
- present participle of sledge.
Example Sentences
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Sledging is a cricketing term for abusive needling of opponents.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2021
Sledging, in elegant hands, can be witty, imaginative, even somehow charming; but in Australia, it’s pretty much always straightforwardly nasty.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2015
Sledging – within reason – is part of professional sport, with Lennon vehemently denying the claims of a whispering campaign over exactly what he has said to those in blue and white.
From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2011
Sledging in winter, cycling in summer, tree-climbing and swimming in lakes.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2010
Schwatka's Search, Sledging in the Arctic in search of Franklin Records, 1881.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
