- Slung
- 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To throw; to hurl; to cast. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack. [1913 Webster]
4. (Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
