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Word entry · 5 letters

sling

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"Arm support strap"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈslɪŋ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted gilnsStarts with SEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. hurl as if with a sling

Word origin

From Middle English slynge (noun), slyngen (verb), probably from Old Norse slyngja, slyngva (“to hurl”), from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to worm, twist”) or compare Old English slingan (“to wind, twist”), from the same source.

Used in a sentence

  • Everyone could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.
  • slings a broken rock aloft in air
  • You may know a lot about chemistry, man, but you don't know jack about slinging dope.

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