Slinging

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sling \Sling\, v. t. [imp. {Slung}, Archaic {Slang}; p. p.
     {Slung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slinging}.] [AS. slingan; akin to
     D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG.
     slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva,
     sl["o]ngva, to sling, Sw. slunga, Dan. slynge, Lith. slinkti
     to creep.]


     1. To throw with a sling. "Every one could sling stones at an
        hairbreadth, and not miss." --Judg. xx. 16.
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     2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. --Addison.
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     3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
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     4. (Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc.,
        preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slinging
       n : throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)