Synonyms for sling

Grammar : Verb

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Phonetic Transcription : slɪŋ

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Définition of sling

Origin : c.1300, "implement for throwing stones," from an unidentified continental Germanic source (e.g. Middle Low German slinge "a sling"); see sling (v.). The notion probably is of a sling being twisted and twirled before it is thrown. Sense of "loop for lifting or carrying heavy objects" first recorded early 14c. Meaning "piece of cloth tied around the neck to support an injured arm" is first attested 1720.

verb throw or hang over

Example sentences :

And yet you sent word to say that I was to take off my sling!
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Juve flung the word at de Naarboveck as though it were a stone from a sling.
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

Did he––did Hector Hall sling a gun on Mr. Mackenzie that time?
Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden

It was Connla saved you,” said Nora, “for he slew the hawk with his sling.
Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy

"I can supply this portion of the story," said a young fellow, with his arm in a sling.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

He now dangled helpless in the sling by which they had secured him.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

How is it that you are wearing the sling after all these months?
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

We had to sling him up like a bale, for he was paralysed with fright.
Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad

But then, you've got to sling out somethin' or other, I expect, or get off the job.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

He now determined to make a canvas case and sling it round his neck.
Extract from : « The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy » by W.H.G. Kingston

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