SLING, noun 1. An instrument for throwing stones, consisting of a strap and two strings; the stone being lodged in the strap, is thrown by losing one of the strings With a sling and a stone David killed Goliath. 2. A throw; a stroke. 3. A kind of hanging bandage put round the neck, in which a wounded limb is sustained. 4. A rope by which a cask or bale is suspended and swung in or out of a ship 5. A drink composed of equal parts of rum or spirit and water sweetened. SLING, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive slung. [The primary sense seems to be to swing.] 1. To throw with a sling 2. To throw; to hurl. 3. To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack. 4. To move or swing by a rope which suspends the thing.
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