English
Pronunciation
IPA|/'slɪɳ/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ�|-ɪ�
Verb
en-verb|slings|slinging|slung or slang|slung
- To throw.
Translations
trans-top|to throw
Finnish: lingota
Dutch: slingeren, werpen, ophangen
Romanian: a trage cu pra�tia
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Noun
Image:Echarpe_droite.png|thumb|right|150px|a sling (sense 2)
en-noun
- context|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. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.
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#:*1786: The Sling is also a weapon of great antiquity, formerly in high estimation among the ancients. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 43.
- A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
- 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) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
- The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
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#:*1600: To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them. — William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene I, line 55.
Translations
trans-top|instrument for throwing
Czech: prak m
Finnish: linko
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Russian: п�а�а (praš'á) f
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trans-top|bandage
Finnish: kannatinside
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Russian: пе�ев�з� (p'ér'ev'az') f
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trans-top|rope or chain arrangement
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Russian: кана� (kanát) m, ���оп (strop) m
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trans-top|strap attached to a firearm
Finnish: kantohihna
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Russian: �емен� (r'em'én') m
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trans-top|rope or iron securing a yard to a mast
Finnish: rakkirengas
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Russian: ���оп (strop) m
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trans-top|the act of hurling as with a sling
Finnish: linkous
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Russian: б�о�ок (brosók) m
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ttbc|Dutch: slinger, zwaai, draagband
ttbc|French: fronde; lance-pierre
ttbc|German: Schleuder f
ttbc|Hungarian: parittya
ttbc|Italian: fionda
ttbc|Latin: funda
ttbc|Lithuanian: svaidykl� f (1)
ttbc|Polish: proca
ttbc|Romanian: pra�tie
ttbc|Spanish: honda
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el:sling
fr:sling
io:sling
id:sling
it:sling
pl:sling
ru:sling
te:sling
vi:sling
uk:sling
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