sled

plural sleds

1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.

   The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.

2. CanadaUSA vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.

   "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.

3. CanadaUSslangA snowmobile.

   We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.

4. CanadaUSfigurativelyslangA car (automobile) or truck, usually called so with the implication of sledlike traits: heavy, low-slung, and prone to going fast but not braking or cornering particularly well.

   Near-synonyms: land yacht, boat

   2 more examples

   He was a bit reckless and frankly we were nervous about riding with him in that big old sled of his, a Cadillac with a V-8.

   That sled had manual drum brakes on all four corners.

   Synonyms: land yacht, boat

5. A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface.

present singular third person sleds · participle present sledding · participle past sledded · past sledded

1. intransitiveTo ride a sled.
2. transitiveTo convey on a sled.

1. USabbreviationSouth CarolinagovernmentAbbreviation of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.

   “Chief Justice John W. Kittredge is aware of an incident involving Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein. At this time, SLED is on the scene and will begin investigating as soon as the fire has been contained,” the court said Saturday in the statement.

   2025 October 6, Cindy Von Quednow, “South Carolina authorities are investigating a fire that engulfed the home of state circuit court judge”, in CNN

plural SLEDs

1. abbreviationacronymcomputingAcronym of Single Large Expensive Disk.