sling

1. 1.

   hurl as if with a sling

   Synonymscatapult

   Broaderhurl
2. 2.

   hang loosely or freely; let swing

   Broaderhang
3. 3.

   move with a sling

   “sling the cargo onto the ship”

   Broadermove
4. 4.

   hold or carry in a sling

   “he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm”

   Broaderhold

Other forms of sling

plural

slings·

past tense or participle

slung

present participle

slinging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sling

What does sling mean?

sling means "a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sling?

sling has 1 syllable: sling. In IPA it is /ˈslɪŋ/.

What is another word for sling?

Close synonyms include slingshot, catapult, slingback, scarf bandage, triangular bandage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sling a common word?

sling is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.