Definition of "sling"

sling¹

/ˈslɪŋ/

verb
third-person singular simple present slings, present participle slinging, simple past and past participle slung or slang
1. To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
  Quotations
  Everyone could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.
  2000, Bible (World English), Judges xx. 16
  slings a broken rock aloft in air
  a. 1720, Joseph Addison, “Milton’s Style Imitated, in a Translation of a Story out of the Third Æneid”, in The Dramatick Works of Joseph Addison. With the Authour’s Poems, on Several Occasions
2. To throw with a sling.
3. (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
4. (slang) To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
  Quotations
  You may know a lot about chemistry, man, but you don't know jack about slinging dope.
  2008, Breaking Bad, Season 1, Episode 6
noun
plural slings
1. (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.
  Quotations
  The Sling is also a weapon of great antiquity, formerly in high estimation among the ancients.
  1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 43
2. A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
3. A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
4. A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
5. A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
6. (nautical, chiefly in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
7. The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
  Quotations
  At one sling Of thy victorious arm, well-pleasing Son.
  1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
  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.
  1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III, scene I, line 55
8. (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
9. A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.

sling²

noun
plural slings
1. A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.

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