• IPA: /ˈslɪŋ/

sling (slings, present participle slinging; past slung, past participle slung)

1. 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.

2. To throw with a sling.
3. (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
4. (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.

• French: lancer
• German: schleudern, schmeißen
• Italian: lanciare, scagliare, buttare, gettare
• Portuguese: atirar, jogar, arremessar, arrojar
• Russian: броса́ть
• Spanish: tirar, lanzar, arrojar

sling (plural slings)

1. (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.
2. A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
3. A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
4. A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
5. A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
6. (nautical, chiefly, in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
7. 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.

8. (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.
9. 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)

1. A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.