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Answer for the clue "Discus thrower's activity ", 8 letters:
slinging

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Word definitions for slinging in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sling English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sling \Sling\, v. t. [imp. Slung , Archaic Slang ; p. p. Slung ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slinging .] [AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, sl["o]ngva, to ...

Usage examples of slinging.

Then he pulled a strip of pliable deerskin, tapered at the ends with a bulge in the middle to hold stones for slinging, out of his waist thong, and pulled the soft leather through his hand, thinking.

She felt like doing something, like slinging a stone to work out her frustrated rebellion.

Whether it was to be spent in another wrecked mobile trailer or slinging fried foods at the truck stop, LuAnn Tyler, the pauper, would probably have been happier than Catherine Savage, the princess, ever dreamt of being.