Sling
noun
A flexible strap or belt used in the form of a loop to support or raise a heavy object.
She used a sling to lift the heavy box.
Often appears as...
- arm sling
- in a sling
noun
A bandage or cloth used to hold or support the broken arm or wrist.
The doctor put his broken arm in a sling.
Often appears as...
- arm sling
- put in a sling
verb
To throw something in a way that shows no care about where it will land.
She slung her coat on the couch.
Often appears as...
- sling around
- sling off
noun
A drink made with spirit, sugar, water, and typically flavored with lemon juice.
She ordered a whiskey sling.
Often appears as...
- whiskey sling
- gin sling
noun
A flexible strap or belt used in the form of a loop to support or raise a heavy object.
She used a sling to lift the heavy box.
Often appears as...
- arm sling
- in a sling
noun
A bandage or cloth used to hold or support the broken arm or wrist.
The doctor put his broken arm in a sling.
Often appears as...
- arm sling
- put in a sling
verb
To throw something in a way that shows no care about where it will land.
She slung her coat on the couch.
Often appears as...
- sling around
- sling off
noun
A drink made with spirit, sugar, water, and typically flavored with lemon juice.
She ordered a whiskey sling.
Often appears as...
- whiskey sling
- gin sling
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Lifting Support
Refers to the aid provided in lifting heavy objects, highlighting functionality rather than care.
Workers often use a sling for hoisting materials at the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Loop
Describes a loop of material meant to distribute the weight of an object.
In the storeroom, they utilized a sling to manage the bulky inventory.
Pro Tip 1/2Lifting Support
Refers to the aid provided in lifting heavy objects, highlighting functionality rather than care.
Workers often use a sling for hoisting materials at the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Loop
Describes a loop of material meant to distribute the weight of an object.
In the storeroom, they utilized a sling to manage the bulky inventory.
Pro Tip 1/2Lifting Support
Refers to the aid provided in lifting heavy objects, highlighting functionality rather than care.
Workers often use a sling for hoisting materials at the construction site.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Loop
Describes a loop of material meant to distribute the weight of an object.
In the storeroom, they utilized a sling to manage the bulky inventory.
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Sniper School PIPE Doomsday...
expertly trained in using a weapon systems arc sling shot it because Shane has the most experience with firearms he will bear the responsibility of taking the kill shot I'd go to any lengths necessary to protect my family um if that means you know killing somebody because they're trying to invade in either tree they're trying to hurt me my
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Human sperm vs. the...
to push themselves forward in a world where water feels as thick as cork. Other strategies are even stranger. Some bacteria take Batman's approach. They use grappling hooks to pull themselves along. They can even use this grappling hook like a sling shot and fling themselves forward. Others use chemical engineering.
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Is it bad to hold your...
laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage. Instead, the pelvic floor muscles keep the region sealed until you're ready to go. But holding it in for too long, forcing out your urine too fast, or urinating without proper physical support may over time weaken or overwork that muscular sling.
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First person vs. Second...
Rapunzel unbraided her hair and slung it out the window. The prince climbed her tresses into the tower. Rapunzel is typically told like this, with the narrator outside the story. This point of view is called third person. But Rapunzel can also be told by a character in the story—
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We need women in...
you have to be as strong as you need to be to get the job done and I think that doesn't bother me at all it's about the children but you have suffered a bit of those kinds of you know slings and arrows as it were course everyone in public life it's used to them but you
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Can you solve the giant...
all of the titans of the spider world are here, and at first, no one even notices itsy-bitsy you. But after wowing the crowd with your web design and sticking it to the competition in the long-distance sling, you’ve qualified for the finals.
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The unheard story of...
was also the source of his greatest weakness. And there is, I think, in that, a very important lesson for all of us. Giants are not as strong and powerful as they seem. And sometimes the shepherd boy has a sling in his pocket. Thank you.
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Pulsar Planets PIPE...
and slinging them out it at high speed so it's like a solar wind with a vengeance I can't imagine that there would be much of an opportunity for even simple life microbial life to emerge and to flourish on a planet around a pulsar
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Rescuing a Wild...
seems reluctant to leave which is great news the team can clear the area and sling a net to catch the female when she falls but there's another problem she's fast asleep but won't let go if the tranquilizer wears off before she
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NASA Spacecraft Is About...
it's spinning around so fast it's gravity it's like a giant slingshot slinging rocks dust electrons with whole comets anything that gets close to it becomes its weapon it just so happens deep inside this body how the secrets
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Sniper School PIPE Doomsday...
expertly trained in using a weapon systems arc sling shot it because Shane has the most experience with firearms he will bear the responsibility of taking the kill shot I'd go to any lengths necessary to protect my family um if that means you know killing somebody because they're trying to invade in either tree they're trying to hurt me my
Video examples
Human sperm vs. the...
to push themselves forward in a world where water feels as thick as cork. Other strategies are even stranger. Some bacteria take Batman's approach. They use grappling hooks to pull themselves along. They can even use this grappling hook like a sling shot and fling themselves forward. Others use chemical engineering.
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage. Instead, the pelvic floor muscles keep the region sealed until you're ready to go. But holding it in for too long, forcing out your urine too fast, or urinating without proper physical support may over time weaken or overwork that muscular sling.
Video examples
First person vs. Second...
Rapunzel unbraided her hair and slung it out the window. The prince climbed her tresses into the tower. Rapunzel is typically told like this, with the narrator outside the story. This point of view is called third person. But Rapunzel can also be told by a character in the story—
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We need women in...
you have to be as strong as you need to be to get the job done and I think that doesn't bother me at all it's about the children but you have suffered a bit of those kinds of you know slings and arrows as it were course everyone in public life it's used to them but you
Video examples
Can you solve the giant...
all of the titans of the spider world are here, and at first, no one even notices itsy-bitsy you. But after wowing the crowd with your web design and sticking it to the competition in the long-distance sling, you’ve qualified for the finals.
Video examples
The unheard story of...
was also the source of his greatest weakness. And there is, I think, in that, a very important lesson for all of us. Giants are not as strong and powerful as they seem. And sometimes the shepherd boy has a sling in his pocket. Thank you.
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Pulsar Planets PIPE...
and slinging them out it at high speed so it's like a solar wind with a vengeance I can't imagine that there would be much of an opportunity for even simple life microbial life to emerge and to flourish on a planet around a pulsar
Video examples
Rescuing a Wild...
seems reluctant to leave which is great news the team can clear the area and sling a net to catch the female when she falls but there's another problem she's fast asleep but won't let go if the tranquilizer wears off before she
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NASA Spacecraft Is About...
it's spinning around so fast it's gravity it's like a giant slingshot slinging rocks dust electrons with whole comets anything that gets close to it becomes its weapon it just so happens deep inside this body how the secrets
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Quote examples
Jacob Rees-Mogg
English Politician
Proper British nannies put the child ahead of everything. They do not like to see children used as accessories, carried around in slings for the convenience of the parents' social life. They want a proper set-up, where the baby is rested and happy, not shown off to all-comers.
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Trudie Styler
English Actress
I get a lot of mud slung at me, and yes, I do take planes, but I feel that's my life. My life is to travel and also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of an irresponsible oil company.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I've had the honor and the pleasure and gift of having known Elizabeth Taylor for a number of years. You know, you sit down with her, she slings hash, she sits there and cusses like a sailor, and she's hilarious.
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Adam Grant
American Author
When medical students focus on helping others, they're able to weather the slings and arrows of long hours and devastating health outcomes: they know their colleagues and patients are depending on them.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
What's aero braking? That's a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to sling shot a ship out either deeper into space, or slow it down to be 'captured' by Earth's gravity.
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Martha Beck
American Author
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.
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Alan Shepard
American Astronaut
Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to worry about the hatch, how to get in the sling, and so on.
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Boy George
English Musician
I don't play big stadium-style dance, but I have discovered, to my delight, that the appetite for real low slung deep house is very much alive.
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Rodney Dangerfield
American Comedian
I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot.
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Adlai Stevenson I
American Politician
He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg
English Politician
Proper British nannies put the child ahead of everything. They do not like to see children used as accessories, carried around in slings for the convenience of the parents' social life. They want a proper set-up, where the baby is rested and happy, not shown off to all-comers.
Quote examples
Trudie Styler
English Actress
I get a lot of mud slung at me, and yes, I do take planes, but I feel that's my life. My life is to travel and also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of an irresponsible oil company.
Quote examples
Johnny Depp
American Actor
I've had the honor and the pleasure and gift of having known Elizabeth Taylor for a number of years. You know, you sit down with her, she slings hash, she sits there and cusses like a sailor, and she's hilarious.
Quote examples
Adam Grant
American Author
When medical students focus on helping others, they're able to weather the slings and arrows of long hours and devastating health outcomes: they know their colleagues and patients are depending on them.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
What's aero braking? That's a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to sling shot a ship out either deeper into space, or slow it down to be 'captured' by Earth's gravity.
Quote examples
Martha Beck
American Author
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.
Quote examples
Alan Shepard
American Astronaut
Of course I was delighted the flight was over, but I still had to worry about cleaning up inside the cabin, I had to worry about the hatch, how to get in the sling, and so on.
Quote examples
Boy George
English Musician
I don't play big stadium-style dance, but I have discovered, to my delight, that the appetite for real low slung deep house is very much alive.
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Rodney Dangerfield
American Comedian
I was so ugly my mother used to feed me with a sling shot.
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Adlai Stevenson I
American Politician
He who slings mud generally loses ground.
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