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Sled vs Kicksled - What's the difference?

sled | kicksled |

As nouns the difference between sled and kicksled

is that sled is a small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice while kicksled is a type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners the driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot in front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.

As a verb sled

is to ride a sled.

sled

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
    • The child zoomed down the hill on his sled .
  • (US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice.
    • "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled .

    Derived terms

    * bobsled * dogsled * rocket sled * sledding

    See also

    (wikipedia sled) * sledge * sleigh * toboggan

    Verb

  • To ride a sled.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Alternative forms

    * (Ijekavian ):

    Noun

  • sequence
  • track

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , sl?d, sl?dovi , sleda, sledova , sledu, sledovima , sled, sledove , slede, sledovi , sledu, sledovima , sledom, sledovima }}

    kicksled

    English

    (wikipedia kicksled)

    Noun

  • A type of small sled consisting of a handlebar mounted on a pair of flexible metal runners. The driver stands on the runners and kicks the sled forward with one foot. In front of the handlebar there's often a seat for a passenger.

    • Synonyms

    * spark (used especially by the Americans of Norwegian descent)