sling
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈslɪŋ/
sling (slings, present participle slinging; past slung, past participle slung)
- To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
- 2000, Bible (World English), Judges xx. 16
- Everyone could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.
- 2000, Bible (World English), Judges xx. 16
- To throw with a sling.
- (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
- (slang) To sell, peddle, or distribute illicitly (e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
- 2008, Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 6:
- You may know a lot about chemistry man but you don't know jack about slinging dope.
- 2008, Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 6:
- French: lancer
- German: schleudern, schmeißen
- Italian: lanciare, scagliare, buttare, gettare
- Portuguese: atirar, jogar, arremessar, arrojar
- Russian: броса́ть
- Spanish: tirar, lanzar, arrojar
sling (plural slings)
- (weapon) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other.
- A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
- A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
- A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
- A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
- (nautical, chiefly, in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
- The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 9”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- At one sling / Of thy victorious arm, well-pleasing Son.
- (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
- A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
- gin sling
- a Singapore sling
- French: fronde, bricole
- German: Schleuder
- Italian: frombola, fionda, catapulta
- Portuguese: funda, fundíbulo, estilingue
- Russian: праща́
- Spanish: honda
- French: écharpe
- German: Armschlinge, Armschlaufe
- Italian: bendaggio
- Portuguese: tipoia
- Russian: пе́ревязь
- Spanish: cabestrillo
- German: (of cloth, for a baby) Tragetuch
- Italian: porta bebè
- French: élingue
- Portuguese: estropo
- Russian: кана́т
- Spanish: eslinga
- French: bandoulière
- German: Schulterriemen
- Italian: tracolla
- Russian: реме́нь
- French: hauban
- Italian: imbracatura
- Russian: строп
- French: jet
- German: Schleudern
- Russian: бросо́к
sling (plural slings)
- A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
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