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Added 9 October 2026

sling

/ˈslɪŋ/ noun

In Latin: funda Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sling at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice.
A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones.
A shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel.

verb

Hurl as if with a sling.
Hang loosely or freely; let swing.
Move with a sling.
sling the cargo onto the ship

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”)).

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