sling > define

noun

• 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.
  • synonyms: slingshot, catapult
• A shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel.
  • synonyms: slingback
• A simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released.
• Bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck.
  • synonyms: scarf bandage, triangular bandage

verb

• Hurl as if with a sling.
  • synonyms: catapult
• Hang loosely or freely; let swing.
• Move with a sling.
  • usage: "sling the cargo onto the ship"
• Hold or carry in a sling.
  • usage: "he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm"

• (v.t.) To hang so as to swing; as, to sling a pack.
• (v.t.) To throw; to hurl; to cast.
• (v.t.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
• (v.t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
• (v.t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
• (v.t.) The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
• (v.t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspension.
• (n.) A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
• (v.t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.
• (v.t.) To throw with a sling.
• (v.t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast; -- chiefly in the plural.
• (v.t.) A loop of rope or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.