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/slˈɪŋɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Sling v. t. (past slung, archaic slang; past part. slung; pres. part. slinging)

To throw with a sling. "Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss."

To throw; to hurl; to cast.

To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.

(Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Slinging" Quotes from Famous Books

... hence the brickbat. Uncontrollable impulse! poor hoodlum, he cannot help it; if he could restrain the hand and stay the brickbat he would not be a hoodlum, but a man. Time and custom have tamed him so that he lets horses, bicycles, and carriages pass; he can't quite help slinging a stone at an advertising van or any strange vehicle, while the automobile ...

— Two Thousand Miles On An Automobile • Arthur Jerome Eddy

... sicknesses, by which, exclusive of those who had been slain in their different engagements with the Indians, they had lost seventy men during the voyage. Their next care was to get the sick men on shore, which was done with all care and diligence, slinging them in their hammocks into the boats. Four of these poor people were in so low a condition that it was thought impossible they could bear removal, and they were therefore left on board, the very thoughts ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 • Robert Kerr

... Slinging his shield upon his left arm, he plucked the spear from the ground and leaped on to his horse. With a light heart he swam back over the lake, and nowhere could he see the black Cormorants of the Western Seas, but three ...

— Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) - Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales • Various

... have lost the grey cow they watched over with such care. They started slinging it too late, with the result that it got so bruised by the constant falls it could not recover from them. Now they have only one left, and the Repettos also have only one. The people depend ...

— Three Years in Tristan da Cunha • K. M. Barrow

... answered; and, slinging his weapon over his shoulder, strode off down the gorge and so away into the heart of the mountains to the haunts of the wild beasts. Amongst them all there was none so fierce and so ...

— A Study In Scarlet • Arthur Conan Doyle

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