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sled-head

sled-head is the alternative spelling of sledhead.

sled-head is the alternative spelling of sled head.

Meaning of sledhead

Noun

sledhead (plural sledheads)

  1. A fan of snowmobiling. (a snowmobile being a "sled")
  2. A fan of tobogganing (“sledding”).

Meaning of sled head

Noun

sled head (plural sled heads)

  1. (slang) A concussion or subconcussive injury caused by tobogganing, including luging, skeleton, bobsledding, tubing; that stereotypically leaves the victim woozy or muddle-headed.
    • “They would say, ‘I got a real sled head today,’” Morris said. Then they would go take another run, and several more the next day. “You get sucked into thinking it’s not a big deal.”2020 July 26, Matthew Futterman, “Sledhead”, in New York Times

Forms of sled-head

pluralsled-heads

Origin of sled-head

* (sledhead): sled + -head * (sled head): sled + head

Questions about sled-head

What is sled-head the alternative spelling of?
Sled-head is the alternative spelling of sledhead.

Words near sled-head in the dictionary

  1. sled head
  2. sled heads
  3. sled hockey
  4. sled-dog
  5. sled-dogs
  6. sled-head
  7. sled-heads
  8. sledage
  9. Sledd
  10. sleddable
  11. sledded

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