sledging
Meaning of sledging
- 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- 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- 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- 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
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