Definitions
beat with a sledgehammer
Word origin
From Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ (“sledgehammer; mallet”), from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ. Cognate with Dutch slegge (“sledge”), Swedish slägga (“sledge”), Norwegian Bokmål slegge (“sledge”), Norwegian Nynorsk sleggje (“sledge”), Icelandic sleggja (“sledge”), German Schlägel.
Used in a sentence
“Sledge hammers are only used for heavy-duty persuading when working on vehicles or machinery.”
“The rapid and violent exertion of smiths, mightily sledging the glowing iron masses of their furnaces.”
“When I inquired the reason of this wire being used in the construction of the safe, I was told it was to prevent the doors being broken by either sledging or wedging.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Heavy hammer”6 letters
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