Usually means: Thrown or hung loosely; suspended.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. slung: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. slung: Merriam-Webster
  3. slung: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. slung: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. slung: Collins English Dictionary
  6. slung: Vocabulary.com
  7. Slung, slung: Wordnik
  8. slung: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. slung: Wiktionary
  10. slung: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. slung: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. slung: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. slung: Dictionary.com
  14. slung: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Slung: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. slung: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Slung: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. slung: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. slung: FreeDictionary.org
  20. slung: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. slung: Legal dictionary

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  1. slung: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slung: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slung: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. slung: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. SLUNG: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
verb:  To throw with a sling.
verb:  (nautical) To pass a rope around (a cask, gun, etc.) preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle.
verb:  (slang) To sell, peddle, or distribute (often illicitly, e.g. drugs, sex, etc.).
noun:  (weaponry) 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.
noun:  A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported.
noun:  A loop of cloth, worn around the neck, for supporting a baby or other such load.
noun:  A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering.
noun:  A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder.
noun:  (nautical, chiefly in the plural) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast.
noun:  The act or motion of hurling as with a sling; a throw; figuratively, a stroke.
noun:  (climbing) A loop of rope or fabric tape used for various purposes: e.g. as part of a runner, or providing extra protection when abseiling or belaying.
noun:  A drink composed of a spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened.
noun:  A young or infant spider, such as one raised in captivity.
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