Slings Synonyms

To throw
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. throws
  2. tosses
  3. hurls
  4. shoots
  5. launches
  6. sends
  7. heaves
  8. fires
  9. flings
  10. shies
  11. pitches
  12. hurtles
  13. casts
  14. dashes
  15. chucks
  16. darts
A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mortars
  2. catapults
A hanging bandage
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bandages
  2. shies
  3. pitches
  4. launches
  5. hurls
  6. casts
  7. heaves
  8. flings

Words Related to Slings

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Slings Sentence Examples

  • The weapons of the Fijians are spears, slings, throwing clubs and bows and arrows.

  • The glass is taken from the furnace in large iron ladles, which are carried upon slings running on overhead rails; from the ladle the glass is thrown upon the cast-iron bed of a rolling-table, and is rolled into sheet by an iron roller, the process being similar to that employed in making plate-glass, but on a smaller scale.

  • The war was begun by the Greeks without definite plan and without any generally recognized leadership. The force with which Germanos marched from Kalavryta against Patras was composed of peasants armed with scythes, clubs and slings, among whom the "primates" exer tion.

  • Slings are first heard of in Egyptian warfare in the 8th century B.C. The chariot was dOubtless introduced with the horse in the Hyksos period; several examples have been discovered in the tombs of the New Kingdom.

  • Although the army has been equipped with modern rifles, the common weapon of the people is the matchlock, and slings are still in use.

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