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sling   (TTS Sound)

The noun sling has 5 senses

• sling -- (a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice)


• slingshot, sling, catapult -- (a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones)


• slingback, sling -- (a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel)


• sling -- (a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released)


• sling, scarf bandage, triangular bandage -- (bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck)

The verb sling has 4 senses

• sling, catapult -- (hurl as if with a sling)


• sling -- (hang loosely or freely; let swing)


• sling -- (move with a sling; "sling the cargo onto the ship")


• sling -- (hold or carry in a sling; "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm")