slinging

6 6.1

Throwing something with a wide, swinging arm movement

noun
/ˈslɪŋɪŋ/

: lanzamiento

During the festival, the slinging of colorful confetti created a festive atmosphere.
slinging contest
slinging hero
web-slinging

Examples

With a powerful motion, he demonstrated the slinging of the basketball towards the hoop.
Welcome to Ring Slinging 101.

Green Lantern (2011)
Once we tell the waitress... we want an orange soda and a piece of cherry pie, the slinging starts.

Iowa (2005)
I work over at big kay's slinging burgers.

The Wraith (1986)
The name-calling, finger-pointing, and mud-slinging are going to get worse.

Blog text (3)
You can respectfully voice your opinion without sinking to the ugly mud-slinging and name-calling that has become so vile in politics today.

Blog text (24)
The slinging of the frisbee across the park excited the children.

Synonyms

fling

vsslinging

9 3.2

An act of throwing something with force

is performed with a wide sweeping motion rather than a quick toss

hurl

vsslinging

3 3.9

A strong sudden throw of something

uses a wide sweeping motion rather than violent or aggressive force

cast

vsslinging

2 3.5

A strong throw of something

involves a wide sweeping motion rather than pure force

arm throw

vsslinging

1 2.8

A throw that uses the arm, often in sport

uses a wide device-like sweeping motion rather than arm-only technique

How Forceful

slinging

6 6.1

to throw

∞ 1.0

to toss

348 1.0

Surface Forms

slinging singular

slingings plural

Morphology

slinging = sling (transparent) = sling + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'sling'; the meaning 'the act of throwing' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word slinging comes from the old verb sling, which meant 'to throw' and named the simple tool used to hurl stones. So slinging today means throwing something with a wide, sweeping motion, like swinging and letting go of a stone in a sling.