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sling

UK/ˈslɪŋ/ US/ˈslɪŋ/ fairly common slang
verb (1) noun (5)

verb

1.

seal with packing

  • “pack the faucet”
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noun

1.

a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice

2.

a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

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3.

a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel

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4.

a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released

5.

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. Compare German schlingen (“to swing, wind, twist”), Danish and Norwegian slynge), from Proto-Indo-European *slenk- (“to turn, twist”) (compare Welsh llyngyr (“worms, maggots”), Lithuanian sliñkti (“to crawl like a snake”), Latvian slìkt (“to sink”)).

Phrases

  • arse in a sling
  • ass in a sling
  • baby sling
  • barrel sling
  • bottle sling
  • butt in a sling
  • gin sling
  • hand sling
  • sling about
  • sling along
  • sling for
  • sling in

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