SLINGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slinging mean? 

• SLINGING (noun)
  The noun SLINGING has 1 sense:

1. throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)

  Familiarity information: SLINGING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLINGING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("slinging" is a kind of...):

throw (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist))

Derivation:

sling (hurl as if with a sling)

 Context examples 

Maybe you think I am just slinging you a yarn.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)