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ghetto sled
slang A car that is in poor condition, typically an old one. You won't be able to drive that old ghetto sled forever, you know. A: "Dude, you're lucky that ghetto sled is still running." B: "I know, my mechanic tells me it would cost a fortune to fix up." Geez, you could hear that ghetto sled rumbling down the road from a mile away!
sled across (something)
To traverse some substance or area while riding a sled. It was so quiet and still as we sledded across the freshly fallen snow. They're sledding across the field to bring presents to their grandparents' house.
sled down (something)
To travel on a sled from the top of something down to the bottom of it. We always go sledding down the hill behind our school whenever we get a snow day. With his leg broken, he managed to sled down the mountain by rigging his skis and jacket into a makeshift toboggan.
sled over (something)
To traverse some substance or area while riding a sled. It was so quiet and still as we sledded over the freshly fallen snow. They're sledding over the field to bring presents to their grandparents' house.
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sled down something
to ride down something on a sled. I love to sled down the hill in the winter. This hill is too steep to sled down safely.
sled over something
to travel over something, such as snow, in a sled. We sledded rapidly over the fresh snow, scooting down the hill. We wanted to sled over the new snow, but we had to wait until Uncle Herman had taken a picture of it for his scrapbook.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ghetto sled
n. a junky car. He stood in front of some old ghetto sled, and said “Kizzle?”
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