Crossword clues for slinging
slinging
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 sling, Sw. slunga, Dan. slynge, Lith. slinkti to creep.]
To throw with a sling. ``Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth, and not miss.''
--Judg. xx. 16.To throw; to hurl; to cast.
--Addison.To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
(Naut) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of sling English)
WordNet
n. throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)
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.