sling
s ling
- n a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- n a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- n a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
- n a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
- n bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
- v hurl as if with a sling
- v hang loosely or freely; let swing
- v move with a sling
sling the cargo onto the ship - v hold or carry in a sling
he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm
- When Sarah got home from the emergency room later that day, her arm was in a sling, and she couldn't dress herself, fix a meal or even sign a check.
- When John returned to Florida with his arm in a white sling, his colleagues joked that he had undergone a painful arm twisting.
- A few months later, "I was in a sling, trying to type with my broken collarbone, on the phone with one of my editors, and we were laughing about it.