sledding
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1.4
The activity of riding a sled down a snowy hill
- noun
- /ˈslɛdɪŋ/
- US
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trineo
- On a snowy afternoon, we enjoyed sledding down the hill behind our house.
- dog sledding
- sledding hill
- go sledding
And many of these were were, you know, quite wooded for sledding or doing things similar to sledding.
- And many of these were were, you know, quite wooded for sledding or doing things similar to sledding.
Examples
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I asked you to go sledding.
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I think you want to go sledding.
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It's like sledding without the snow.
Blog text (17) -
" You know, this would be a great place to try sledding."
Blog text (2) -
The kids and I are gonna spend the entire Christmas Eve day sledding.
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They go sledding in the winter.
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Ahhhh, snow, sledding, and school days off!
Blog text (11) -
We'd played here as children, usually in winter when my father brought us sledding.
Fiction book (1995) -
We went sledding.
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Why not go sledding?
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
1
4.7
An activity of sliding down a snowy or icy hill on a small sled
is the broader activity of riding downhill on snow using various kinds of runners
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Sledding comes from the word sled, which comes from an old word meaning 'to slide' and is the same root as slide. So sledding is literally sliding down a snowy hill.