sledging

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of using a sledge to travel over snow.

   “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.”

2. (countable, uncountable)The act of using a sledgehammer to bend or crush an object.

   “It is necessary, therefore, to force the ends to the proper curvature, either by sledging, or by some other equivalent means;”

3. (countable, uncountable)The practice of a fielder making insulting or comical references to an opposition batsman with the aim of distracting the batter.

   “Mind you, Wally wasn't bad at the sledging caper himself.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of sledge